智能科学与技术学报 (Sep 2023)
An empirical study on the impact of enterprise digital transformation on employment scale and structure
Abstract
With the advent of the digital age, people are paying more and more attention to the employment scale and employment structure of enterprises.Used the enterprise panel data of listed companies from 2011 to 2019, the impact of enterprise digital transformation on employment scale and employment structure was studied deeply by the fixed-effect model and mediation effect model.The results show that, firstly, the digital transformation of enterprises significantly expand the employment scale of enterprises.At the same time, the impact of digitalization on the job structure has a strong＆quot;knowledge bias＆quot;, showing a bias towards high skills and knowledge, and an increase in the demand for talents who master knowledge related to cutting-edge industries.The results of the intermediary effect test show that the digital transformation of enterprises indirectly promotes the employment scale of enterprises through market scale effect and product innovation.The results of heterogeneity analysis show that the high degree of digitalization of the environment and the degree of digitalization of non-state-owned enterprises have a more significant impact on the employment structure.
