This paper investigates the productivity performance of CEE countries vis-à-vis the EU-15 during the 1990s to detect … of productivity convergence during the 1990s, and are likely to remain so in the near future. It is also found that … despite lower income levels, ICT capital in the CEE-10 has contributed as much to labour productivity growth as in the EU-15 …

This paper investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver of improved productivity …. The paper investigates how, and to what extent, ICT contributed to a narrowing in the productivity gap. Although … investment in ICT capital has strongly increased, total factor productivity (TFP) growth has made the largest contribution to …