Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201217 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Working Papers No. 2
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
To examine the productivity, employment and wage effects of ICT, we apply novel occupation based measures of organisational change within firms. With these measures, we directly address the complementarities between ICT and organisational changes. Our results support the view that organisational change complements ICT investments in a productivity-enhancing manner. In particular, the ICT-driven productivity gains are associated with the destruction of routine and non-interactive tasks in an organisation. Furthermore, using longitudinal aspects of our linked employer-employee data, we find that whereas ICT does not affect the probability of an employee becoming unemployed, it has a positive impact on the wage growth of retained employees.
Subjects: 
ICT
innovation
organisational change
restructuring
productivity
performance
wages
JEL: 
J24
J31
L23
M51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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