As it takes time and effort to learn how to fully utilise new technology and realise its maximum potential productivity … gain, adoption of new technology tends to reduce productivity temporarily, even though the potential productivity gain in … potential explanation of the following two “productivity puzzles” reported in the Information Technology (IT) literature and in …

uncertainty, firms that are credit constrained switch the composition of investment by reducing productivity-enhancing investment …We show that an increase in aggregate uncertainty - measured by stock market volatility - reduces productivity growth … difference-in-difference approach using productivity growth of 25 industries from 18 advanced economies over the period 1985 …

and Japan, forty detailed industries according to NACE Rev. 2 (ISIC Rev. 4) along with nine aggregated industries and … into account. The data are used to study total factor productivity, labour and capital productivity developments in a … changes in labour services and the composition thereof, as drivers of value added and labour productivity growth. Significant …

In this report we review the literature on the relationship between ICT and productivity. In Sect. 1 we discuss in … broad terms the theoretical relationship between ICT and productivity, while in Sect. 2 we present the growth accounting …, total factor productivity). Within the growth-accounting methodology, in Sect. 3, we discuss the U.S. - E.U. productivity …

Research on the effect of ICT on productivity in OECD countries is already extensive, but the spillover and time …-varying effects of ICT investment across economic activities have been only minimally explored. This paper investigates the impacts of … ICT and its spillovers on productivity in Canada, focusing on heterogeneity across provinces and industries over time. The …

We show that an increase in aggregate uncertainty-measured by stock market volatility-reduces productivity growth more … using productivity growth for 25 industries for 18 advanced economies over the period 1985-2010-mitigates concerns with …