Resumen
This article focuses on international aspects of the productivity paradox. The productivity paradox of information technology questions the contributions of information technology (IT) to economic output and productivity, based on the fact there has been a marked slowdown in productivity growth despite massive and growing investments in IT. The statistical figures of the U.S. relating to IT investments show that the computer age is everywhere but in the productivity statistics. A slowdown in productivity growth has been the plight of other developed countries as well. This slowdown has occurred concurrently with relatively much faster growth rates of IT capital per worker. It is are marked that, the productivity paradox of IT is an international phenomenon, virtually all of the considerable debate on the subject has been restricted to the U.S. The purpose of this article is to go beyond the U.S. and examine the experience of other developed countries with respect to returns on IT investments. The research showed in this article is based on the method of pooling aggregate data on output, IT and non-It inputs from several development countries.