Impact of Information and Telecommunication Technologies Development on Labour Productivity

Abstract

The paper discusses the theoretical aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) development and presents the theoretical frameworks of ICT development impact on labour productivity and economic growth, identify indices and indicators for measuring ICT development. The study concludes that ICT development indicators can be divided into four groups: ICT infrastructures, ICT uses, ICT readiness and ICT productions & trade. After analysis previous studies of ICT development effect on the countries productivity, formed the research model. There is assessing relationship between ICT infrastructure, ICT use, ICT skills development, ICT trade and labour productivity. The study confirms the assumption that low, medium and high productivity countries labour productivity influence by different factors. In some of the high and medium productivity countries the relationship between labor productivity and ICT development did not found.