Canada-U.S. ICT Investment in 2009: The ICT Investment per Worker Gap Widens

Andrew Sharpe and Ricardo de Avillez

No 2010-08, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: Based on an update to 2009 of the CSLS ICT database for Canada and the United States, this report provides an overview of developments in ICT investment in the business sector for both countries, focusing on the ICT investment gap. Nominal ICT investment in the Canadian business sector grew 0.6 per cent in 2009, outpacing the U.S. decline of 3.9 per cent. Despite this, Canada's real ICT investment per worker remained well below the U.S. level, and the ICT investment per worker gap widened in real terms, reaching 49.6 per cent by 2009.

Keywords: ICT investment; Canada; United States; investment gap; business sector; information technology; ITAC; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-11
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