Firm-Level Data on IT Capital, Factor Substitution, and Returns to Scale in France
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French Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE)
Publication Date:
2024/03/18
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This dataset provides firm-level information from France on capital input, labor, IT expenditures, and output over time. It was used by Danial Lashkari, Arthur Bauer, and Jocelyn Boussard in their 2024 American Economic Review paper to analyze how declining IT prices affect factor demand and returns to scale. The authors identify a novel channel whereby IT shocks influence not only factor substitution but also endogenous shifts in the scale of production, contributing to aggregate changes in market concentration and labor share.
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