oecd economic studies no 35 2002 2 47 production and use of ict a sectoral perspective on productivity growth in the area dirk pilat frank lee bart van ark table contents introduction 48 performance producing using industries 49 sector measuring 51 labour 52 does increase 56 58 impact aggregate 61 contribution to mfp 63 annex i sensitivity computer industry price indexes 69 ii multifactor 71 bibliography 76 analysis statistics division university groningen conference board respectively we are grateful robert inklaar karine lepron chai so colin webb for their help preparing this paper useful comments from thomas andersson martine durand mcguckin someshwar rao paul schreyer candice stevens andrew wyckoff previous versions were discussed by