| Author Name | KWON Hyeog Ug
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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| Creation Date/ NO. | March 2012 12-J-003 |
| Research Project | Research on Productivity Growth in Service Sector |
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Abstract
Using firm-level data from the Establishment and Enterprise Census for 2001 and 2006, we explore the effects of e-commerce on the employment growth rate. In the regression analysis for only the surviving firms between 2001 and 2006, we find that employment grew more rapidly for firms which adopted e-commerce, even when controlling for firm size, age, ownership structure, and industry characteristics. To examine the difference of effects of e-commerce across industries, we divide the whole sample into manufacturing, commerce, and service. We find that e-commerce has a positive influence on employment, irrespective of industries.
