O efeito relativo da chegada da internet na proporção de cargos gerenciais das firmas: um estudo empírico em municípios e setores brasileiros

Abstract

The concern about the impact of technologies on labor market is a solid strand in literature. Starting in 1999, with the privatization of internet services, municipalities in Brazil experienced a rapid growth of this service. From a literature, which implies that a communication technology can change the hierarchical composition, this work explore this technological shock of 1999 to investigate the impact on demand of upper management workers - decision makers. We use triple difference-in-differences with a rich data base from RAIS, Relação Anual de Infomações Sociais, MUNIC, Pesquisa de Informações Básicas Municipais and CPS, Current Population Survey and find an positive effect on upper-management workers, especially managers. This indicates that communication technology favors managerial functions.