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Investment in ICT, Productivity, and Labor Demand : The Case of Argentina
Brambilla, Irene - 2018
level adoption of information and communications technology leads to increases in firm productivity and wages, and that the … effects are heterogeneous across firms, being larger for initially high-productivity and high-skill firms. The increase in … wages occurs even after controlling for skill composition, implying that there are productivity and rent-sharing mechanisms …
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ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Cirera, X. - 2017
as usage by firms, innovation, and productivity using firm-level data for a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries … countries. However, the final impact on productivity depends on the degree of novelty of the innovation introduced by the firm …
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Information Technology and Provision of National Identification Cards by the Bolivian Police : Evidence from Two Randomized Natural Field Experiments
Chong, Alberto - 2017
This paper investigates the potential of information technology to improve public service delivery and empower citizens. The investigation uses two randomized natural experiments in the renewal of national identification cards by the Bolivian Police. The first experiment arises from the random...
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How is the Internet Changing Labor Market Arrangements? Evidence from Telecommunications Reforms in Europe
Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose - 2017
This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that are technologically more dependent on information and...
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Labor Policy and Digital Technology Use : Indicative Evidence from Cross-Country Correlations
Packard, Truman G. - 2017
This paper exploits variation in country-level indicators drawn from published data to analyze the relationship between labor regulation and the use of digital technology. The analysis shows a statistically and economically significant association between digital technology use by firms and a...
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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers'Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
Chong, Alberto - 2019
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge,...
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Creative Natives in the Digital Age : How Digital Technology Has Revolutionized Creative Work
Kabanda, Patrick - 2017
Digital technologies have permeated modern life, and their impact on creative work has been revolutionary. This revolution, as widely noted, has disrupted the making, distribution, and consumption of creative output. On the downside, key concerns include Internet-induced piracy and inequality....
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Will Digital Technologies Transform Agriculture in Developing Countries?
Deichmann, Uwe - 2017
Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of the economy, and agriculture is no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report, this paper introduces a concise framework for describing the main benefits from new information and communications...
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ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico
Iacovone, Leo - 2017
This paper presents a set of stylized facts on the relation between information and communications technology (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set on information and communications technology for Mexico, the study finds that firms facing...
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On the Welfare Implications of Automation
Eden, Maya - 2017
This paper establishes that the rise in the income share of information and communication technology accounts for half of the decline in labor income share in the United States. This decline can be decomposed into a sharp decline in the income share of ?routine? labor?which is relatively more...
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