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ICT Investment and Productivity: A Provincial Perspective

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Andrew Sharpe ()
Jean-François Arsenault ()
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In 2008, Statistics Canada, for the first time, made available estimates of information and communication technology (ICT) investment by province. Given the importance of ICT investment for productivity growth, these data are important for the comparative analysis and understanding of productivity growth by province. The objective of this report is to present the basic data on ICT investment and ICT investment per worker in Canada and the ten provinces over the 1981-2007 period. The first part of the report reviews the literature on why ICT investment is important for productivity. The second part examines ICT investment levels and trends by province. The third part decomposes the gap in ICT investment per worker by province, relative to the national average, into three effects: that related to income levels, to the total investment/GDP share, and to the ICT investment/total investment share.

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Paper provided by Centre for the Study of Living Standards in its series CSLS Research Reports with number 2008-6.

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Keywords: Machinery and equipment investment; information and communications technology; ICT; Investment gap; Business sector; Provincial estimates;

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E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Capital; Investment; Capacity
G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
M00 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - General - - - General
O47 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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