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

Bertschek, Irene; Niebel, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2016.05.007

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“…For instance, Thompson and Garbacz (2011) found a positive effect of mobile internet on gross domestic product. Similarly, Bertschek and Niebel (2016) showed a positive relationship between mobile internet use and the labor productivity of firms. Moreover, mobile broadband is an effective tool to reduce the rural-urban digital divide, as it can fill in the gaps of fixed broadband coverage in rural areas (Prieger, 2013).…”

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“Anytime, anyplace, anywhere”—A sample selection model of mobile internet adoption in german agriculture

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Mobile internet is considered one of the most important developments in information and communication technology due to its considerable effect on both the economy and our daily lives. Furthermore, mobile internet is an essential tool for overcoming the rural–urban digital divide. With respect to agriculture, mobile internet can play a central role in information gathering as well as the implementation of precision and smart farming technologies. Yet, no study has identified the determinants of mobile internet adoption in agriculture. Using a bivariate probit model with a sample selection and a representative data set from 815 German farmers, this study showed that, among other characteristics, the age of the farmer, farm size and location, as well as familiarity with internet risks is associated with mobile internet adoption in agriculture. These results may be of interest to policy makers, who deal with internet infrastructure, and providers of farm equipment that rely on mobile internet connection. [EconLit citations: Q16].

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“Anytime, anyplace, anywhere”—A sample selection model of mobile internet adoption in german agriculture

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“…On the one hand, the relevant studies examine the impact of mobile phones and/or mobile Internet on the economy or personal income and employment from both micro and macro perspectives. For example, at the micro level, Bertschek and Niebel [49] analysed date from a German firm and found that mobile Internet access was able to significantly improve labour productivity. Islam et al [22] found that mobile phone use had a significant promoting effect on performance of a microenterprises in Bangladesh.…”

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Does Mobile Phone Penetration Affect Divorce Rate? Evidence from China

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Marital happiness is an important symbol of social harmony and can help promote sustainable economic and social development. In recent years, the rapid rise of the divorce rate in China, a country where the divorce rate had previously been low, has attracted wide attention. However, few articles have focused on the popularization of information and communication technology's impact on China’s rising divorce rate in recent years. As a first attempt, the provincial panel data during the period 2001–2016 is applied to study quantitatively the relationship between mobile phone penetration and the divorce rate. In order to get more reliable estimation results, this paper uses two indicators to measure the divorce rate, and quantile regression is applied for further analysis. Additionally, one-year to five-year lag times of the mobile phone penetration are used as the core explanatory variables in order to analyse the lagging effect of mobile phone penetration on divorce rate. The result shows that the correlation between the mobile phone penetration and the divorce rate was statistically positive significant in China during the period 2001–2016. Furthermore, the paper also finds that mobile phone penetration had the greatest impact on divorce rate in central China, followed by eastern China, but it was not obvious in western China during this period. From a technological perspective, this paper provides some possible explanations for the rising divorce rate in China in recent years, and further enriches the relevant research on the impact of the development of information and communication technology on societal changes.

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“…Colombo et al (2013) find positive productivity effects associated with the adoption of advanced broadband technology by Italian firms. Bertschek and Niebel (2016) find evidence of positive labor productivity effects of mobile internet use by German firms, supposedly working through increased flexibility in the organization of work. In contrast, De Stefano et al (2014) find no significant effect of broadband adoption on the sales, employment, labor productivity, or survival of firms in the UK.…”

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Broadband internet availability and establishments’ employment growth in Germany: evidence from instrumental variables estimations

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2019

J Labour Market Res

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This study investigates the effect of broadband internet availability on German establishments' employment growth. The database used is a random sample of business establishments, augmented by the local availability of broadband. The observation period is 2005-2010, when broadband was introduced in rural regions of Western Germany and in large parts of Eastern Germany. For the Western German subsample, technical frictions in broadband rollout are exploited to obtain exogenous variation in broadband availability. The findings indicate a negative (albeit not very robust) employment growth effect of broadband availability for Western German manufacturers, and a robustly positive effect for Western German service establishments, including most knowledge-intensive industries. For Eastern Germany, a similar identification strategy is potentially available, but turns out invalid in this particular setting. An alternative identification approach (a long difference model) indicates positive employment growth effects in both sectors for Eastern Germany. Overall, the findings suggest that broadband expansion has helped create jobs in firms which use broadband intensely.

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

Cited by 84 publications

References 35 publications

“Anytime, anyplace, anywhere”—A sample selection model of mobile internet adoption in german agriculture

“Anytime, anyplace, anywhere”—A sample selection model of mobile internet adoption in german agriculture

Does Mobile Phone Penetration Affect Divorce Rate? Evidence from China

Broadband internet availability and establishments’ employment growth in Germany: evidence from instrumental variables estimations

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