We implement an original method based on the estimation of a production function, toinvestigate how the decrease in the cost of computers has affected the marginal cost of firms,their aggregate labor demand and their skill structure. Using a panel of more than 5000French firms followed between...

[fre] Les entreprises et la baisse du prix des ordinateurs . Une analyse microéconomique par la fonction de production . . Les entreprises ont bénéficié de fortes baisses des prix des équipements informatiques dans les dernières décennies. L’objet de cet article est de mesurer l’effet...

In this article we evaluate the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to the growth of value added during the past 15 years in France. Following North American studies, we use traditional growth accounting methods to assess the relative size of two types of...