Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322105 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 3111
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract: 
After the privatization of telecommunications companies in Brazil in the late 1990s, Brazilian cities experienced an expansion of internet services. This paper analyzes the impact of this technological shock on the relative employment of managers between sectors according to their technological intensity. We combine three distinct sources of information to build a rich database in which the observation level is defined by combinations of detailed sectors, municipality and year. As internet rollout across municipalities was not random, we rely on a triple difference approach for our empirical strategy. Our results show a more pronounced effect of internet arrival on the share of managers, in technology-intensive sectors. In other words, internet arrival contributed to a higher concentration of top jobs in high tech sectors. This result raises concerns that technologies may exacerbate inequalities in the labor market.
Subjects: 
Technology
communication
organization
labor
RAIS
JEL: 
J24
L2
O32
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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