The Study Of Relation Between The Progress Of Science And Technology And Expanding Employment

Economic growth is inseparable from the progress of science and technology. China's progress of science and technology is a very important force that promotes the economic development rapidly. There have been many disputes in the academia about whether the progress of science and technology would reduce labor's demands and effect employment, and about the progress of science and technology in the application of economic activity will generates what kind of impact to employment, with the increasingly progress of science and technology. Some people think that there are bound to occur the phenomenon of "machine replace workers", with the development of science and technology, the constant updating of equipment, labor productivity constantly increasing, so the progress of science and technology is harm to the expansion of employment. Some other people think that from the short-term and partial view, the progress of science and technology has a negative impact on employment, but from the overall situation and long-term point of view, it can plays a important role in promoting employment.Academic research about relations between the progress of science and technology and employment as a hot topic of discussion is mentioned in chapter I this paper in the current very grim employment situation. Then analyzes viewpoints of domestic and foreign scholars about the relations between the progress of science and technology and employment, and presents my own views. Chapter II analyzes the economic functions of the progress of science and technology on the basis of defining the meaning of the progress of science and technology, and uses dialectical perspective to discuss the relations between the progress of science and technology and employment, that is to say, we must recognize the progress of science and technology in a certain extent bringing about a degree of unemployment, but we should realize that the progress of science and technology will create substantial new jobs, and it expands employment from a long-term perspective. Chapter III inspects the progress of science and technology impact on employment from a historicalperspective, for example the three-technology revolution. Then, theoretical research and examples of analysis about the impact of the progress of science and technology on employment are brought. At the same time, the progress of science and technology can promotes employment as a whole by use of the two analysis measurement methods about employment growth contribution from the progress of science and technology created by domestic scholars. Further more cites a major performance about the impact of the progress of science and technology on employment. Chapter IV analyses the progress of science and technology will reduces employment but generates new employment opportunities, and from the viewpoint of the overall situation, the progress of science and technology will expands employment on the basis of analyzing the economic structure of the United States and Japan. At the same time, expounds inspiration for solving our employment problem from countermeasure that the United States and Japan expand employment opportunities depending on the progress of science and technology. Chapter Vmainly discusses the key is to choose the type of progress of science and technology in keeping with China's national conditions to achieve the progress of science and technology and the expansion of employment in a coordinated way on the basis of the previous chapters. To achieve the unity of expansion of employment and the progress of science and technology, different types of the progress of science and technology must be chosen based on different areas and capital accumulation of different sectors, labor conditions, the status of technological development. Even in the same region, different departments can also choose different types of the progress of science and technology. They are the international level high-tech, many appropriate technologies according with the large number of the state of a developing country and semi-mechanized manual labor. Finally puts forward some countermeasures, which expand employment opportunities depending on the progress of science and technology according with China's national conditions.