How is the Internet Changing Labor Market Arrangements? : Evidence from Telecommunications Reforms in Europe

Vazquez, Emmanuel ; Winkler, Hernan

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: labor market;    labor market arrangements;    internet;    telecommunications;    reforms;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7976
RP-ID  :  WPS7976

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper exploits variations in thetiming of telecommunications reforms across Europe toanalyze the relationship between the rise of alternativework arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. Thepaper evaluates whether sectors that are technologicallymore dependent on information and communicationstechnologies experienced disproportionately larger changesin their employment outcomes after telecommunicationsreforms were introduced. The main results point to adisproportionate increase in total employment, part-timework, and home-based work among information andcommunications technologies–intensive sectors after theimplementation of telecommunications reforms. The analysisdoes not find a link between the incidence of temporaryemployment, self-employment, second job holding, andtelecommunications reforms. The main results are robust toseveral specifications.