Computer Investment, Computer Networks and Productivity

摘要: 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 among computers, computer networks, plant-level productivity U.S. manufacturing. Using new data on investment, develop sample with best proxies for total capital allow us to construct. We networks inputs have separate, positive, manufacturing productivity. Keywords: input; information technology;