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Beschäftigungseffekte der Digitalisierung in den Bundesländern sowie in Stadt und Land

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  • Matthias Firgo
  • Peter Mayerhofer
  • Michael Peneder
  • Philipp Piribauer

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  • Peter Reschenhofer

Abstract

Dem arbeitssparenden Element des Einsatzes digitaler Technologien stehen positive Nachfrageeffekte durch eine Senkung der Produktionskosten und die Schaffung einer Vielzahl neuer Produkte gegenüber. Aufgrund der Komplexität dieser teils gegenläufigen Effekte sind theoretische Vorhersagen der Nettoeffekte des Einsatzes digitaler Technologien auf die Beschäftigung a priori kaum möglich. Ein strukturierter Survey der internationalen Literatur zeigt bisher überwiegend positive Wirkungen. Auch für Österreich liefern die im Rahmen der Studie durchgeführten Analysen vorwiegend positive Befunde: Die Beschäftigung wuchs in hoch digitalisierten Branchen in allen Bundesländern seit 2010 stärker als die Gesamtbeschäftigung. Insgesamt weisen urbane Regionen für hoch digitalisierte Branchen – bei beträchtlicher Heterogenität zwischen unterschiedlichen Indikatoren zur Messung des Digitalisierungsgrades – Standortvorteile gegenüber anderen Regionen auf, die sich in der Vergangenheit auch kaum verringerten. Die Nettoeffekte eines höheren Digitalisierungsgrades der lokalen Wirtschaft auf die Gesamtbeschäftigung vor Ort sind ebenso mehrheitlich positiv, wobei Regionen außerhalb der Zentren – bei entsprechender Ausstattung mit Humankapital – sowie die stärker von der Industrie geprägten Bundesländer besonders von einer hoch digitalisierten lokalen Wirtschaft profitieren dürften. Eine Verbesserung der Breitbandinfrastruktur (Downloadgeschwindigkeit) hat ebenfalls positive Effekte für die Beschäftigungsentwicklung, insbesondere für bevölkerungsarme Gemeinden und für Gemeinden mit anfangs niedriger Bandbreite sowie für die Beschäftigung in wissensintensiven Dienstleistungen. Für die Bevölkerungsentwicklung der Gemeinden scheint die Breitbandqualität hingegen, trotz damit verbundener besserer Möglichkeiten für Teleworking, eine vernachlässigbare Rolle zu spielen.

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  • Matthias Firgo & Peter Mayerhofer & Michael Peneder & Philipp Piribauer & Peter Reschenhofer, 2018. "Beschäftigungseffekte der Digitalisierung in den Bundesländern sowie in Stadt und Land," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 61633, April.
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