The Change of Labor Income Share of Enterprises under the Application of Digital Technology

LI Lin; SONG Pei; AI Yang; BAI Xue-jie

Volume 38 Issue 5

Sep. 2023

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LI Lin, SONG Pei, AI Yang, BAI Xue-jie. The Change of Labor Income Share of Enterprises under the Application of Digital Technology[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2023, 38(5): 4-21.

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LI Lin, SONG Pei, AI Yang, BAI Xue-jie. The Change of Labor Income Share of Enterprises under the Application of Digital Technology[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2023, 38(5): 4-21.

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The Change of Labor Income Share of Enterprises under the Application of Digital Technology

Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Received Date: 2023-04-17
Available Online: 2023-11-28
Publish Date: 2023-09-28

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The labor income share is an important indicator to measure whether the initial distribution of national income is fair, and in-depth study of the impact of digital technology application on the labor income share can provide important enlightenment for how to promote common prosperity in the context of digital economy. The general equilibrium model including digital technology is constructed and numerical simulation is carried out; the data of WIOD database and A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2014 are used to analyze the mechanism of the impact of digital technology application on the labor income share. It is found that the application of digital technology will reduce the share of labor income in reality, which is consistent with the simulation results of high substitution elasticity of capital labor in numerical simulations. This conclusion is still valid after a series of robustness tests. The mechanism test shows that digital technology application reduces the labor income share mainly through two paths: promoting enterprise capital deepening and faster labor productivity. It is also found that the reduction of labor income share by digital technology application is more pronounced in the service sector, capital-intensive industries, inland areas, non-state-owned enterprises and enterprises with domestic digital technology. The government should pay attention to the benefits of workers while promoting the application of digital technology, and stabilize the labor income share in the initial distribution by guaranteeing the employment opportunities of the workers and accelerating the accumulation of human capital, so as to promote the common wealth of all the people.
- digital technology application,
- labor income share,
- common prosperity,
- enterprise capital deepening,
- labor productivity,
- technological progress bias

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