Information Technology and Productivity Growth

German Trends and OECD Comparisons

Theo S. Eicher, Thomas Strobel (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

112 Seiten

2009
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84844-091-3 (ISBN)

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Theo S. Eicher and Thomas Strobel present an industry-level account of the recent changes in German productivity growth and compare the trends to Europe and the US. The specific focus is on how differential investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) affected the economic performance of these economies.Not all industrialized countries shared the economic fortunes that ICT presented to the US economy. While the US experienced successive accelerations in its trend growth in 1995 and again in 2000, Germany experienced dual reductions in labor productivity growth. Some European economies fared better and others even worse than Germany. Since productivity is the ultimate determinant of living standards, the authors examine the sources of these productivity differentials. They also present a new German growth accounting database that utilizes unique ICT investment data, sourced directly from the industries, to place their findings into an international context.

This book is targeted at economists and policymakers alike, and is designed to provide clear guidance for those interested in industrial policy and statistical account methods.

Theo S. Eicher, Professor and Robert R. Richards Distinguished Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, US and Affiliate Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany and Thomas Strobel, Economist, Department of International Institutional Comparisons, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Germany

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Deriving New Economy Data at the Industry Level 3. Industry Origins of the US Productivity Accelerations and Germany’s Productivity Slump 4. ICT Intensity and Productivity Growth: An International Comparison 5. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Productivity: Software Investments as the Decisive Driver 6. Education and ICT Investment Complementarities 7. Industry Productivity, R&D Intensity, and ICT Investment References Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Ifo Economic Policy series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Technik
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
ISBN-10	1-84844-091-X / 184844091X
ISBN-13	978-1-84844-091-3 / 9781848440913
Zustand	Neuware