Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/120451 
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Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IES Working Paper No. 28/2014
Publisher: 
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Prague
Abstract: 
The impact of ICT (information and communication technology) on economic performance has been the subject of academic research for several decades, and despite the remarkable and significant innovation in computer technology, usage, and investments, only a small growth in productivity was observed. This observations has been coined the productivity paradox. This paper meta-analytical methods to examine publication bias and size of ICT elasticity. The empirical part is based on a collection of more than 800 estimates of IT payoff effects from almost 70 studies written in the last 20 years. The metaanalysis reveals strong presence of publication bias within ICT productivity literature and using mixed effect multilevel model estimates the ICT elasticity to be only 0.3%, which is more than ten times smaller than what was reported by previous meta-analysis 10 years ago.
Subjects: 
meta-analysis
meta-regression analysis
publication bias
productivity paradox
Solow paradox
productivity
firm
ICT elasticity
IT payoff
information technology
JEL: 
C83
O12
O32
D24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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