Alessandra Collechia

The New Economy and the Role Played by the ICT Producing Sectors: Recent Trends and Comparisons Across OECD Countries: 

The New Economy and the Role Played by the ICT Producing Sectors: Recent Trends and Comparisons Across OECD Countries Alessandra Colecchia (OECD)

International comparisons: ICT Sector: 

International comparisons: ICT Sector What is the ICT sector? Who are the ICT producers? What’s its contribution to economic activity? Does its size matter to growth and productivity? OECD

The ICT sector: OECD definition: 

The ICT sector: OECD definition OECD

Who are the ICT producers?: 

Who are the ICT producers? Share of ICT manufacturing and service production in total manufacturing and service production, 2000 OECD

Who are the ICT exporters? : 

Who are the ICT exporters? ICT manufacturing export specialisation OECD

ICT contribution to economic activity, still small but growing: 

ICT contribution to economic activity, still small but growing Share of ICT value added in business sector value added OECD

ICT contribution to innovation…Europe lagging behind: 

ICT contribution to innovation… Europe lagging behind Netherlands OECD ICT patents as a % of total national patents filed at EPO, for priority years 1990, 11998 Finland Iceland Korea Japan Sweden Canada US Ireland UK France 0 15 30 45 OECD EU Denmark Norway Germany Belgium Spain Greece Austria Italy Portugal 1998 1990 %

The increasing contribution of ICTto the economy: 

OECD The increasing contribution of ICT to the economy Percentage point contribution of ICT and other capital services to output growth, 1995-2000. Business sector, harmonised price index

Mostly ICT capital substitution?: 

Index of capital composition (quality), 1995-2000 “harmonised” deflator, business sector Mostly ICT capital substitution? OECD

Production or Use?: 

-0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Italy France Canada Japan Denmark Germany UK Netherlands United States Finland ICT-producing ICT-using Non-ICT % OECD Production or Use? Contribution of ICT-producing and ICT-using sectors to labour productivity growth (%), 1995-99

ICT-manufacturing industries and growth: 

ICT-manufacturing industries and growth Contribution of ICT manufacturing industries to labour productivity growth OECD

ICT service industries and growth: 

ICT service industries and growth OECD 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Austria Canada Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Japan Korea Mexico Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland UK USA Contribution of ICT service industries to labour productivity growth 1990-95 1996-2000

Summing up: 

Summing up ICT sector, small but growing Different composition of ICT-producing industries across OECD Europe lagging behind in ICT specialisation and ICT diffusion ICT sector, contributes to growth but not a panacea OECD