ICT, Internet and worker productivity

This article provides a brief overview of the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a driver of productivity. In particular, it focuses on the diffusion of computers and the Internet at the workplace and discusses the relationship with wages, the task composition of occupations and labour productivity at the firm level.

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Authors:	Bertschek, Irene
Other Persons:	Durlauf, Steven N. (contributor) ; Blume, Lawrence E. (contributor)
Institutions:	Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	complementarities \| econometric analysis \| firm-level data \| Internet \| labour productivity \| organisational change \| production function \| social networks \| task-based approach \| wage equation

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Series:	The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	d22 ; D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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