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Professor Dr Oliver Falck

Professor Dr Oliver Falck
Current Position

since 3/14

Research Professor

Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association

since 10/11

Professor of Economics, esp. Empirical Innovation Economics

University of Munich

Research Interests
  • innovation
  • growth and economic development

Oliver Falck joined the institute as a Research Professor in March 2014. His research focuses on innovation and growth as well as entrepreneurship.

Oliver Falck holds the position of Professor of Economics, especially Empirical Innovation Economics at the LMU Munich and he is the Director of the ifo Center for Industrial Organisation and New Technologies. Apart from that, he is also the Programme Director of CESifo Research Network.

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Returns to ICT Skills

Oliver Falck Alexandra Heimisch-Roecker Simon Wiederhold

in: Research Policy, No. 7, 2021

Abstract

How important is mastering information and communication technology (ICT) on modern labor markets? We answer this question with unique data on ICT skills tested in 19 countries. Our two instrumental-variable models exploit technologically induced variation in broadband Internet availability that gives rise to variation in ICT skills across countries and German municipalities. We find statistically and economically significant returns to ICT skills. For instance, an increase in ICT skills similar to the gap between an average-performing and a top-performing country raises earnings by about 8 percent. One mechanism driving positive returns is selection into occupations with high abstract task content.

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