ICT and employment generation: evidence from Turkish manufacturing |
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Authors: | Yılmaz Kılıçaslan Ünal Töngür |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Eski?ehir, Turkey;2. Department of Economics, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey |
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Abstract: | This study is said to be the first attempt in exploring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) capital on employment generation/destruction in Turkish manufacturing industry by using labour demand estimation framework. The analysis is based on firm-level data, which includes all firms employing 20 or more employees in Turkish manufacturing for the period 2003–2013. Our findings based on system GMM estimations show that ICT has employment-enhancing effects in Turkish manufacturing. Moreover, our results provide the evidence that tangible ICT capital has stronger employment generation impact than that of intangible ICT capital in medium- and low-tech industries. |
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Keywords: | Employment ICT manufacturing industry Turkey |
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