This study explores the channels through which technological investments affect productivity performance of industrialized economies. Using a Stochastic Frontier Model (SFM) we estimate the productivity effects of R&D and ICT for a large sample of OECD industries between 1973 and 2007, identifying four channels of transmission: input accumulation, technological change, technical efficiency and spillovers. Our results show that ICT has been particularly effective in reducing production inefficiency and in generating inter-industry spillovers, while R&D has raised the rate of technical change and favoured knowledge spillovers within sectors. We also quantify the contribution of technological investments to output and total factor productivity growth documenting that R&D and ICT accounted for almost 95% of productivity growth in the OECD area.

Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: A frontier analysis approach / Pieri, Fabio; Vecchi, Michela; Venturini, Francesco. - In: RESEARCH POLICY. - ISSN 0048-7333. - 2018, 47:9(2018), pp. 1842-1852. [10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.013]

Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: A frontier analysis approach

Pieri, Fabio;
2018-01-01

Abstract

This study explores the channels through which technological investments affect productivity performance of industrialized economies. Using a Stochastic Frontier Model (SFM) we estimate the productivity effects of R&D and ICT for a large sample of OECD industries between 1973 and 2007, identifying four channels of transmission: input accumulation, technological change, technical efficiency and spillovers. Our results show that ICT has been particularly effective in reducing production inefficiency and in generating inter-industry spillovers, while R&D has raised the rate of technical change and favoured knowledge spillovers within sectors. We also quantify the contribution of technological investments to output and total factor productivity growth documenting that R&D and ICT accounted for almost 95% of productivity growth in the OECD area.
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Pieri, Fabio; Vecchi, Michela; Venturini, Francesco
Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: A frontier analysis approach / Pieri, Fabio; Vecchi, Michela; Venturini, Francesco. - In: RESEARCH POLICY. - ISSN 0048-7333. - 2018, 47:9(2018), pp. 1842-1852. [10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.013]
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