Assessing e-commerce productivity for French micro firms using propensity score matching

Fadila Ouaida and Samer El Hajjar

No 2018-66, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: The benefits of e-commerce are apparent not only for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large firms, but also for micro firms. Hence, implementing e-sales for micro firms is worth exploring. This study examines the relationship between the use of e-commerce and productivity implications on micro firms in France using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) for the year 2012. Data used in the analysis is based on community survey "ICT & e-commerce" for micro firms. The main objective of using PSM is to assess productivity between, on the one hand, e-selling micro firms and, on the other hand, the non e-selling micro firms. The empirical results show that e-selling micro firms are more productive and have a higher turnover in 2012.

Keywords: ICT; E-commerce; micro firms; productivity; Propensity Score Matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L81 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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