ICTs and labour productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa

被引：16

作者：

Wamboye, Evelyn ^{[1
]}

Adekola, Abel ^{[2
]}

Sergi, Bruno ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] Wilkes Univ, Jay S Sidhu Sch Business & Leadership, Wilkes Barre, PA 18766 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Davis Ctr Russian & Eurasian Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Univ Messina, I-98100 Messina, Italy

来源：

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW | 2016年 / 155卷 / 02期

关键词：

labour productivity; technological change; information technology; Africa south of Sahara; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; FINANCE; TRADE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1564-913X.2014.00021.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This article investigates the effect of various information and communication technologies (ICTs) on labour productivity growth, using a sample of 43 sub-Saharan African countries. The authors' findings show significant increasing returns for labour productivity growth from fixed-telephone and mobile-cellular penetration, confirming the presence of network effects. Specifically, doubling the current proliferation rate of fixed and mobile-cellular telephones increases labour productivity growth by approximately 0. 12-0.15 per cent, and 0.05 per cent, respectively. Furthermore, the results point to financial inclusion as one of the possible channels through which mobile-cellular subscriptions affect labour productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa.

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页码：231 / 252

页数：22

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