ICT and Economic Growth in WAEMU: An Analysis of Labor Productivity

Franck Essosinam Karabou and Komlan Ametowoyo Adeve
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Franck Essosinam Karabou: Universite de Kara, Togo
Komlan Ametowoyo Adeve: Universite de Kara, Togo

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2018, issue 2, 12-20

Abstract: This article examines the possible relationship between Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and labor productivity in WAEMU countries. In the first part, the state of play of ICTs in the area and related literature is presented in a general way. Also in a second part, in accordance with the objective of assessing the contribution of the use of ICT to labor productivity in the countries of the WAEMU zone, the results after estimation show a positive and significant contribution at the threshold of 1% of the number of broadband Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants, capital, human capital and institutional factors. However, the use of mobile telephony in the case of WAEMU would rather be a source of productivity loss.

Keywords: ICT; Labor productivity; Panel data; WAEMU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.26397/eai158404092

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