The productivity paradox: A Meta-analysis

Petr Polák

No 2014/28, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

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.

Keywords: meta-analysis; meta-regression analysis; publication bias; productivity paradox; Solow paradox; productivity; firm; ICT elasticity; IT payoff; information technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 D24 O12 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38pages
Date: 2014-09, Revised 2014-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eff and nep-ict
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