Technology adoption and diversity among Canadian business decision makers: Evidence from the survey of advanced technology

Rim Chatti, Marie Albertine Djuikom Tamtchouong, Manassé Drabo and Amélie Lafrance-Cooke

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: This paper aims to identify the factors that may explain the effect of characteristics specific to Canadian business decision makers on technology adoption. The 2022 Survey of Advanced Technology and the National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File are used to analyze the adoption rate of business decision makers who are women, racialized individuals and recent immigrants and compare them with the rate for decision makers who are men, non-racialized individuals and long-term residents of Canada. A Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition shows that the differences in observable characteristics between these groups of decision makers and their counterparts explain one-third of the difference in technology adoption. Certain characteristics—such as business size, industry and province—play a role in explaining the differences. Furthermore, reducing barriers to technology adoption could increase the adoption rate in the different groups of decision makers analyzed.

Keywords: technology adoption; diversity; advanced technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07-23
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202500700003-eng

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