The Effect of Information and Communication Technologies on Employment: An Empirical Study upon Selected Countries

The aim of the present study is to analyze the impact on employment levels of information and communication technologies. thus, in this study panel data analysis is performed for developed twenty countries (g-20) including turkey. since there are many differences in the economic structures of this group of countries, this might cause confusions in econometric results. in order to avoid confusion, these countries are analyzed by dividing into two groups as developed (g-7) and developing countries (gou-13). however, the impacts on employment of information and communication technologies two separate periods are tested in a range as, 1991-1999 and 2000-2012. as a constraint, china, south africa, saudi arabia were excluded for nonsufficient data while the european union was excluded for not having data for itself. this study concludes that information and communication technologies had a positive and meaningful value in the developed countries during the period from 1991 to 1999 while it is positive but meaningless in the developing countries; during the period 2000-2012, however, it is negative and meaningful in the developed countries while it is positive and meaningful in the developing countries.