Computer Investment, Computer Networks and Productivity

Sang Nguyen and Barbara Atrostic

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: Researchers in a large empirical literature find significant relationships between computers and labor productivity, but the estimated size of that relationship varies considerably. In this paper, we estimate the relationships among computers, computer networks, and plant-level productivity in U.S. manufacturing. Using new data on computer investment, we develop a sample with the best proxies for computer and total capital that the data allow us to construct. We find that computer networks and computer inputs have separate, positive, and significant relationships with U.S. manufacturing plant-level productivity. Keywords: computer input; information technology; labor productivity

Keywords: computer input; information technology; labor productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2005-01
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