An Empirical Analysis on the Influence of China’s Urbanization on Employment Structure

Abstract

The study subtracts time-series data related to the urbanization level and employment situation in different industries and explores the relationship between China’s employment structure and urbanization process by using correlation analysis, ADF test, co-integration test, and Granger causality analysis. The study finds a long-term equilibrium relationship between China’s urbanization level and employment structure. What’s more, the study also finds that urbanization level is the Granger reason for the change of employment structure, which only works in one way. Furthermore, the study reveals the persistent role of urbanization in promoting the employment structure adjustment.