让我们转到云：云的使用及其对劳动生产率的影响

IF 4.5 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2025.101130

Tomaso Duso , Alexander Schiersch

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摘要

云计算的出现有望改善企业使用IT解决方案的方式。预计企业将用更有针对性的、可变的云解决方案支出来取代在IT方面庞大而不灵活的固定成本投资。这也有望通过允许企业快速调整其IT基础设施以满足其特定需求来提高企业的生产率。我们使用德国统计局2014年和2016年提供的公司层面的数据来评估这一说法，这使我们能够观察到云用户是谁。我们的分析明确地说明了在内生处理回归框架内对云使用的自我选择。市政宽带可用性被用作云使用的似是而非的外生转移。我们发现，云计算的使用显著提高了大公司的劳动生产率，特别是在制造业，但我们发现对小企业没有影响。

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Let's switch to the cloud: Cloud usage and its effect on labor productivity

The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms use IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted, variable spending on cloud solutions. This is also expected to increase firms' productivity by allowing them to quickly adapt their IT infrastructure to their specific needs. We assess this claim using firm-level data provided by the German statistical offices for the years 2014 and 2016, which allows us to observe who the cloud users are. Our analysis explicitly accounts for self-selection into cloud usage within an endogenous treatment regression framework. Municipal broadband availability is used as a plausible exogenous shifter for cloud usage. We show that cloud usage significantly improves labor productivity for large firms, particularly in manufacturing, but we find no effect for small firms.

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Information Economics and Policy ECONOMICS-

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5.00

自引率

10.70%

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期刊介绍： IEP is an international journal that aims to publish peer-reviewed policy-oriented research about the production, distribution and use of information, including these subjects: the economics of the telecommunications, mass media, and other information industries, the economics of innovation and intellectual property, the role of information in economic development, and the role of information and information technology in the functioning of markets. The purpose of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum for theoretical and empirical research that addresses the needs of other researchers, government, and professionals who are involved in the policy-making process. IEP publishes research papers, short contributions, and surveys.