@article{Shabani:339899, recid = {339899}, author = {Shabani, Zahra Dehghan and Shahnazi, Rouhollah}, title = {Information and Communication Technology Spillovers and Labor Productivity: An Exploratory Note based on Iranian Regions}, journal = {Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy}, address = {2017-09}, number = {1100-2024-321}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This brief study builds on the literature on information and communications technology (ICT) and labor productivity by empirically showing the importance of ICT spillovers across regions. We begin by developing a model of regional labor productivity and discuss where ICT spillovers can play a role. Using a provincial-level dataset for Iran from 2001-2011, we nd that ICT spillovers exist and have signicant eects on labor productivity. Our estimates suggest that a one percent increase in ICT investment in one province leads to a 0.66% increase in labor productivity in all other provinces.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/339899}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.339899}, }