Employment Effect Of Servitization In Manufacturing Inputs

Service-oriented manufacturing industry has become a typical feature of economic structural transformation and manufacturing development in various countries.However,traditional manufacturing enterprises are faced with the dual challenges of rapid development of service industry and serious employment problem.Based on the Industrial Enterprise Database(2000-2013)and the World Input-Output Database(WIOD),this paper reports the service level of China’s manufacturing industry from multiple perspectives,and tests the impact of input-service-oriented manufacturing industry on employment based on an empirical model.The results show that,in general,the input-service-oriented manufacturing industry can significantly promote the expansion of employment scale in China’s manufacturing enterprises.However,the impact of service-oriented manufacturing inputs on employment has obvious heterogeneity,which depends on the region,technical level and ownership type of the enterprises.In the eastern and central regions,enterprise input service has a significant role in promoting employment,but not in the western regions.The promotion effect of service-oriented input of high-tech enterprises on employment is stronger,while the promotion effect of medium and low-tech enterprises on employment is more significant.In terms of ownership,the service input of foreign-funded enterprises,independent legal person enterprises,individual enterprises can have a significant driving effect on their employment,while the influence coefficient of state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises on employment is positive,but its promoting effect is not significant.From the perspective of service input,there is also heterogeneity.For different types of service input,transportation input,financial service input,research and development input and business input can significantly promote employment,but the promotion effect of wholesale and retail input and information technology input is not obvious.In terms of different sources of service input,the service input from domestic has a significant promoting effect on the employment of enterprises,while the service input from abroad has a less obvious promoting effect on the employment.The conclusion of this paper provides a new perspective for understanding China’s employment market and has important policy significance for China to develop service-oriented manufacturing industry and improve employment level.