Does ICT boost Dutch productivity growth?
) CPB Documents from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Abstract: From an historical and international perspective, Dutch labour productivity growth rates have been lacklustre. Using a growth accounting framework, this document analyses whether ICT has recently boosted Dutch labour productivity growth, similar to developments in the US. Labour productivity growth in the Dutch market sector slightly accelerated in the second half of the 1990s. The acceleration seems to be related to the production and use of ICT. The productivity performance of the Dutch ICT sector accounts for a large share in the rebound of labour productivity growth. Strong productivity growth in the ICT sector is partly due to increased efficiency in the production of ICT products, particularly ICT services. Users of ICT benefit from its opportunities as well. Labour productivity growth rates markedly accelerated in ICT-intensive industries in the late 1990s. The effect of ICT on Dutch labour produc
