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Changing Trade Pattern, ICT, and Employment: Evidence Across Countries

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  • Manish Kumar Sharma

    (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India)

  • Anwesha Aditya

    (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India)

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of export diversification and ICT on aggregate and skill-level employment for a sample of 45 and 33 countries from 1990 to 2019 and 1995 to 2019 for OECD & G20 country groups. GMM dynamic panel estimation results suggest that more product-wise concentrated exports lead to new employment opportunities overall, but not geographically diversified exports. Internet has substitution effects on overall employment whereas mobile is insignificant. A greater product-wise diversified export structure expands low-skill-intensive jobs, but greater geographical diversification expands high-skill-intensive jobs. Internet use promotes high-skill-intensive jobs but displaces low-skilled workers. Mobile is found to expand job opportunities for low-skilled workers.

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  • Manish Kumar Sharma & Anwesha Aditya, 2023. "Changing Trade Pattern, ICT, and Employment: Evidence Across Countries," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(02), pages 1-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jicepx:v:14:y:2023:i:02:n:s1793993323500096
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793993323500096
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    Keywords

    Export diversification; ICT; employment; skill composition;
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    JEL classification:

    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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