Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300678 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 24-053
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
Until today, the question of how digitalisation and, in particular, individual digital technologies affect productivity is still the subject of controversial debate. Using administrative firm-level data provided by the Dutch and the German statistical offices, we investigate the economic importance of data, in particular, the effect of the application of big data analytics (BDA) on labour productivity (LP) at the firm level. We find that a simple binary measure indicating the mere usage of BDA fails to capture the effect of BDA on LP. In contrast, measures of BDA intensity clearly show a positive and statistically significant relationship between BDA and LP, even after controlling for a firm's general digitalisation level.
Subjects: 
big data analytics
productivity
administrative firm-level data
JEL: 
L25
O14
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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