Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/47484
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 09,10
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
Stronger productivity growth in the US than the EU over the late 1990s is widely attributed to faster, more widespread adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). The literature has emphasised complementarities in production between ICT and internal restructuring as an important mechanism. We investigate the idea that increased use of ICT has facilitated outsourcing of business services, and that these are complementary activities in production because they allow firms to focus on their core competencies. This is consistent with evidence from the business literature and aggregate trends, and we show evidence from microdata that is consistent with this idea.
Subjects: 
ICT
outsourcing
productivity
JEL: 
D2
O3
O4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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