This paper tests the impact of ICT on economic growth for underdeveloped and developing countries by using a panel …. Next, we estimate a panel data set with 131 underdeveloped and developing countries under the assumption that ICT is one of … dataset for the period of 1995-2006. We first develop the theory between ICT and economic growth. We show that ICT-capital has …

Technologies (ICT) in the Pakistani firms using the World Bank Enterprise Survey 2002-07. The paper considers various indicators of … human capital and measures of ICT adoption and diffusion. On-the-job training, manager's level of qualification and … size, sales and workers' compensation are also positively associated with the use of ICT. The findings show the importance …

This paper develops a model for dynamic binary choice panel data that allows for unobserved heterogeneity to be … eliminate the unobserved heterogeneity term and at the same time to identify the parameters of the model. We then propose GMM … finite sample performance of our GMM estimators. …

This paper develops a model for dynamic binary choice panel data that allows for unobserved heterogeneity to be … eliminate the unobserved heterogeneity term and at the same time to identify the parameters of the model. We then propose GMM … finite sample performance of our GMM estimators. …

ICT investment and economic growth in the period 1985-99 for a sample of 42 countries for which ICT spending data are … much in ICT. The second reason is that even if they have done so, they may not have invested enough in complementary … infrastructure, like education and skills, in order to reap the benefits from ICT investment. Technology by itself is not a solution …

Using data from developing countries, this paper explores the nature and direction of the links between ICT diffusion …, personal computers and mobile phones represent indicators of ICT. The Gompertz model of technology diffusion is used to study … ICT dissemination. The results show that income and government trade policies influence ICT diffusion. Depending on the …

In this paper we analyse the effects of human capital in fostering output growth in ICT manufacturing and services … with a high human capital stock experienced a faster output growth in ICT producing services and ICT using services. This … is an important factor driving the output growth of ICT industries, in particular in the services sector. As far as ICT …

conflict and disaster. We exploit a large panel dataset that includes official development aid, and information about the … disaggregated fashion - for each donor individually - as donors clearly have different agendas. Applying GMM techniques we account …