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Digitale Transformation auf Sparflamme: Weniger 4.0-Investitionen in der Pandemie

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  • Arntz, Melanie
  • Böhm, Michael
  • Graetz, Georg
  • Gregory, Terry
  • Lehmer, Florian
  • Lipowski, Cäcilia
  • Matthes, Britta

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Während der Covid-19-Pandemie kam es entgegen der öffentlich herrschenden Meinung zu keiner Beschleunigung der digitalen Transformation in Deutschland. Das zeigen Ergebnisse der neuen Betriebsbefragung "Arbeitswelt 4.0" vom Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), dem Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), dem Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) sowie dem Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA). Zwar führten Betriebe verstärkt Technologien ein, die es den Beschäftigten ermöglichten, ihre Arbeit im Homeoffice zu erledigen, allerdings gingen diese Investitionen in Kommunikations- und Kollaborationstechnologien zu Lasten von Investitionen in andere fortschrittliche digitale Technologien (4.0-Technologien). Somit reagierten Betriebe auf die Pandemie mit einer Umschichtung von Investitionen, nicht aber mit einer Steigerung. Insbesondere größere Investitionsvorhaben wurden verschoben oder ganz aufgegeben. Insgesamt verlangsamte die Pandemie die Einführung dieser Technologien. Für die Betriebe zahlte sich dies kurzfristig aus: Investitionen in Technologien zur Unterstützung von Homeoffice halfen, negative Beschäftigungseffekte der Pandemie abzumildern. Längerfristig kann sich der Aufschub von 4.0-Investitionen jedoch negativ auf die Produktivität auswirken und trägt damit möglicherweise zum aktuell schwachen Produktivitätswachstum in Deutschland bei.

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  • Arntz, Melanie & Böhm, Michael & Graetz, Georg & Gregory, Terry & Lehmer, Florian & Lipowski, Cäcilia & Matthes, Britta, 2024. "Digitale Transformation auf Sparflamme: Weniger 4.0-Investitionen in der Pandemie," ZEW policy briefs 14/2024, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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