Direct and Indirect Complementarity between Workplace Reorganization and New Technology

Annalisa Cristini, Alessandro Gaj () and Riccardo Leoni ()
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Alessandro Gaj: University of Bergamo
Riccardo Leoni: University of Bergamo

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2008, vol. 98, issue 2, pages 87-117

Abstract: We link survey and balance sheet data to investigate the extent of complementarity between the introduction of new technology and changes in workplace practices. Across all firms, we find that new technology is complementary with higher work intensity. Similarly, changes in work techniques yield diffuse complementarity gains, particularly in firms undergoing extensive restructuring. Changes in work organization yield, on average, complementarity gains in terms of productivity growth. Substitutability between new technology and specific workplace changes is sometimes found, consistently with the presence of costs associated to learning functions or resistance to changes.

Keywords: workplace practices; ICT investments; complementarity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 L23 O33 J24 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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