Arbeitspapier
Are intangibles more productive in ICT-intensive industries? Evidence from EU countries
Using sectoral intangible investment data we confirm that intangible capital is a significant determinant of labour productivity growth. The sectoral setting further allows us to identify the differential impacts of intangible capital across industries with varying degrees of ICT intensity. Intangible capital appears to be significantly more productive in ICT-intensive sectors than in those that use little ICT. This finding remains robust across various alternative industry ICT intensity measures and aligns with the prior firm-level studies that place emphasis on the complementary role of intangible assets in ICT investment.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 14-070
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- Subject
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Intangible capital
ICT
economic growth
labour productivity
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Chen, Wen
Niebel, Thomas
Saam, Marianne
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-371495
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Chen, Wen
- Niebel, Thomas
- Saam, Marianne
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Time of origin
- 2014