The Effect of Internet Use on Labor Productivity in

Daneshmand, Arian; Sattarifar, Mohammad

doi:10.22054/joer.2018.8688

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Economic Research Institute, Allameh Tabataba'i University

² Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University

https://doi.org/10.22054/joer.2018.8688

Abstract

The role of information and communications technology (ICT) in promoting productivity growth has been the focus of much debate in the past few decades. To our knowledge, there is no prior study done on the Iranian economy that particularly has looked at the effect of internet use on labor productivity. In this paper we explore short-run and long-run effects of internet use on labor productivity over the period 1989–2015 in Iran. We use autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach (Pesaran et al. 2001) within an augmented Solow (1956) growth model to examine contribution of internet use on labor productivity growth. We find that internet use has a positive long-run impact on labor productivity. Furthermore, the Toda and Yamamoto (1995) non-Granger causality test shows a bi-directional causal relationship between internet use and labor productivity.

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Volume 18, Issue 68 - Serial Number 1
April 2018
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The Effect of Internet Use on Labor Productivity in

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Volume 18, Issue 68 - Serial Number 1April 2018Pages 75-98

Volume 18, Issue 68 - Serial Number 1
April 2018
Pages 75-98