City size and employment dynamics in China:Evidence from recruitment website data  

基于网络招聘大数据的中国城市规模与就业增长关系研究

作　　者：HUANG Daquan HE Han LIU Tao 黄大全;何晗;刘涛(School of Geography,Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China;College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China;Center for Urban Future Research,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China)

机构地区：[1]School of Geography,Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China [2]College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China [3]Center for Urban Future Research,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2021年第12期1737-1756,共20页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：Major Project of National Social Sciences Foundation of China,No.20&ZD173。

摘　　要：This article explored China’s urban employment dynamics with particular focus on the city size effect.Big data derived from the largest recruitment website were used to examine the direct and indirect impacts of city size on employment demand by using mediating and moderating models.We also investigated the roles of the government and location factors which have seldom been considered in literature.Results showed that the concentration degree of new jobs is higher than that of stock employment and population across cities,implying a path dependency mechanism of job creation and employment expansion.Meanwhile,numerous job posts in inland central cities are probably a symptom of more even distribution of employment in future China.Econometric models further verified the significant correlation between city size and job creation.Moreover,industrial diversity,fixed asset investment,and spatial location have heterogeneous effects on employment demand in cities of different sizes and different levels of administration.These results can not only deepen our understanding of the crucial role of city size in urban employment growth but also demonstrate the future trend of labor and population geography of China.Policy implications are then proposed for job creation in cities of China and other developing countries.

关 键 词：employment dynamics city size job creation industrial diversification moderating effect recruitment website 

分 类 号：F299.2[经济管理—国民经济] F249.2