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Multivariate Tobit models are estimated using German cross-sectional data to test whether strategic complementarities exist between expenditures in four different types of ICT-components. If two ICT-components are complements, they are correlated (provided that agents act rationally)....
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consists of two major parts. In the first part, we aim at measuring investment in intangibles at the sector level. We shed … light on differences across sectors but also compare these figures with investment in physical capital and with investment … intangible capital from 1995-2006 by 30%. Furthermore, results reveal differences in the investment patterns among the UK and …
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insightful aggregates of intangible IT-related investment from project level data and, in comparison, from the regular public …
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sector. Using data from a survey of innovative activities in services we show that investment in information technology (IT …) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be …, data of the German IT survey point towards the need to differentiate between types of IT investment. It is shown that …
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This paper analyses the link between the high-skilled employment share and the level of investment in information … firms with a higher IT investment to output ratio employ a larger fraction of high-skilled workers. However, the size of the …
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Using sectoral intangible investment data we confirm that intangible capital is a significant determinant of labour … investment. …
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This paper analyzes the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth in developing, emerging and developed countries. It is based on a sample of 59 countries for the period 1995 to 2010. Various panel data regressions confirm the positive relationship between ICT...
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2006 is analysed using German firm-level data and instrumental variable estimation. I find evidence that IT outsourcing has …
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This paper analyses the relevance of information and communication technologies (ICT) for firms' probability of global sourcing of inputs. Using firm-level data from Germany in 2009, which include mainly small and medium-sized firms, the empirical analysis differentiates between manufacturing...
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Two main hypotheses can be found in literature on why elderly workers have a lower probability of using information technology than their younger peers: lower learning capabilities and reduced incentives to invest in human capital. I use law changes in the unemployment compensation system...
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