Replication data for: Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Nicholas Bloom; Raffaella Sadun; John Van Reenen

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Project Citation: 

Bloomundefinedundefined, Nicholasundefinedundefined, Sadunundefinedundefined, RaffaellaundefinedundefinedVan Reenenundefinedundefined, Johnundefinedundefined (undefinedundefined). Replication data for: Americans Do IT Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracleundefinedundefined. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]undefinedundefined, 2019undefinedundefined-08undefinedundefined-21undefinedundefined. https://doi.org/10.17889/E108262V1undefinedundefined

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary US productivity growth accelerated after 1995 (unlike Europe's), particularly in sectors that intensively use information technologies (IT). Using two new micro panel datasets we show that US multinationals operating in Europe also experienced a \"productivity miracle.\" US multinationals obtained higher productivity from IT than non-US multinationals, particularly in the same sectors responsible for the US productivity acceleration. Furthermore, establishments taken over by US multinationals (but not by non-US multinationals) increased the productivity of their IT. Combining pan-European firm-level IT data with our management practices survey, we find that the US IT related productivity advantage is primarily due to its tougher \"people management\" practices. (JEL D24, E23, F23, M10, M16, O30)

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D24 Production � Cost � Capital � Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity � Capacity
      E23 Production
      F23 Multinational Firms � International Business
      M10 General
      M16 International Business Administration
      O30 General


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