Mobile and more productive? : firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use

This is the latest version of this item.

Preview

PDF
dp15090.pdf - Published
Download (499kB)

URL:	https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/40520
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-405209
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2015
The title of a journal, publication series:	ZEW Discussion Papers
Volume:	15-090
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Edition:	Version December 2015
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: D22, L20 , O33,
Keywords (English):	Mobile internet , labour productivity , firm-level data
Abstract:	Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set contains 2143 German firms and refers to the year 2014, when high-speed mobile internet was still at a relatively early stage of diffusion within firms. The econometric analysis shows that firms’ labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile internet access. Our instrumental variables approach reveals that mobile internet use does cause higher labour productivity.

	Dieser Eintrag ist Teil der Universitätsbibliographie.
	Das Dokument wird vom Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim bereitgestellt.

BASE: Bertschek, Irene ; Niebel, Thomas

Google Scholar: Bertschek, Irene ; Niebel, Thomas

Downloads per month over past year

You have found an error? Please let us know about your desired correction here: E-Mail

Show item