Socio-Economic Changes in the Transition to an Information Economy: The Influence of Informationalization on Occupations, Employment, and Wage Structure in Taiwan

Abstract

本研究旨在探討當一個新興工業國家比如台灣，在轉型至資訊經濟的生產型態時，其勞動市場如職業結構、就業與薪資不平等可能產生的變化。為回答上述問題，本文將先探究台灣經濟資訊化的狀況，再進而分析其職業、就業與薪資結構之變化。研究結果發現在台灣經濟逐漸資訊化後，薪資結構出現兩極化，而失業率則有惡化現象。

The purpose of this research is to investigate the likely changes in occupations, employment, and wage structure in the transition to an information economy in newly industrialized countries (NICs) such as Taiwan. This paper answers two broad questions in relation to the influence of informationalization in Taiwan's economic society. First, to what extent has Taiwan made the transition to an information economy? And secondly, what changes have occurred in occupations, employment trends, and wage structure in Taiwan during this transition?