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Broadband Internet and Labour Market Dynamism

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  • Angelica Bertucci
  • Emilio Colombo
  • Patrizio Tirelli

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We investigate the response of posted job vacancies to increased broadband connectivity with a specific focus on their requirements for digital and cognitive skills, and distinguishing the effects between digital and non-digital occupations. We utilise a large dataset of online job advertisements, which encompasses approximately 55,000 observations between 2013 and 2019. Broadband shocks unambiguously increase vacancy postings, but do not significantly impact their skill composition. By contrast, fast broadband shocks induce heterogeneous responses, where vacancies posted for non-digital occupations increase their digital/cognitive skill contents, whereas we obtain opposite results for digital occupations.

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  • Angelica Bertucci & Emilio Colombo & Patrizio Tirelli, 2025. "Broadband Internet and Labour Market Dynamism," DISEIS - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo dis2506, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo (DISEIS).
    • Handle: RePEc:dis:wpaper:dis2506
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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