Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 18-05 // 2018

    Wie die Digitale Transformation der Wirtschaft gelingt

    Die Digitale Transformation gilt als eine der großen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Schnelles Internet, mobile Endgeräte, intelligente Softwarealgorithmen und die Speicherung und Verarbeitung großer…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-023 // 2018

    Unemployment and Online Labor

    We analyze the relationship between unemployment and the supply of online labor for microtasking. Using detailed US data from a large microtasking platform between 2011 and 2015, we study the participation and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-020 // 2018

    Go for Gigabit? First Evidence on Economic Benefits of (Ultra-)Fast Broadband Technologies in Europe

    The literature on the effects of telecommunications infrastructure investments find positive macroeconomic effects, however, it is severely constrained because it could hitherto only analyze investment up to…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-013 // 2018

    Trust-Based Work Time and the Productivity Effects of Mobile Information Technologies in the Workplace

    We investigate whether the returns to mobile information and communication technology (ICT) in the workplace are contingent on granting employees autonomy over the structure of their workday through trust-based…