Abstract:
Under the background of new normal economic development in China, the research on
employment absorptive capacities in different industries is very necessary, which is beneficial to carry out
industrial structure adjustment and employment stability. Based on the analysis of industrial
characteristics of employment with different levels of education, this paper analyzes the effects of the
correlations between various industries on the employments at different educational levels, and then
further studies the direct and indirect employment absorptive capacities at different educational levels in
each industry using input-output model. The research results suggest that manufacturing, construction
and agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery are the most dominated sectors absorbing the
persons with high school or below educated, especially primary school or below educated; while the
attraction to labors with higher education is mainly reflected on indirect path. The key sectors of
employing labors with higher education are education, public management, social security, social
organization, et al. The development of emerging industries and the upgrading of traditional industries
increase the demand for high-level talents. Under such new situation, policy makers should take
corresponding measures to actively guide the labors with different education levels, especially college and
university graduates to understand the employment selection tendency aiming to make their selections
synchronized with industrial development and structural adjustment, and also systematically consider the
adjustment of educational structure, employment structure and industrial structure.