Explaining Industry Differences in IT Investment Per Worker Between Canada and the United States, 2002-2013

Jasmin Thomas

No 2016-01, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: In the past, attention has been focused on the aggregate ICT investment per worker gap, but 49.8 per cent of lower business sector IT investment per worker in Canada relative to the United States in 2013 was explained by two industries: information and cultural industries and professional, scientific and technical services. The main objective of this report is to shed light on the possible reasons for the gap in these sectors, including data measurement and comparability issues stemming from methodological differences between statistical agencies in Canada and the United States, and differences in potential explanatory variables of IT investment, such as human capital, taxation, profits, firm creation rates, industrial structure, and regulation, among others.

Keywords: Investment; Information and Communication Technology; Information Technology; ICT; IT; Productivity; Industries; Professional Services; Cultural Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 E22 L60 L70 L80 L90 N12 N32 N72 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03
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