International Collaboration in Digital Knowledge Work: A Production-Side Assessment of Europe’s Digital Single Market
BIG-DATA-BASED ECONOMIC INSIGHTS
Key Messages
- Low market integration is a major barrier to European competitiveness in the digital economy
- International collaboration of knowledge workers could help to harness market size advantage
- Data from the largest coding platform reveals digital collaboration in Europe drops by 16.4 percent at borders
- This border effect is 73 percent larger than between US states
- Organizations and cultural proximity facilitate international collaboration
- European digital single market policymaking should address production-side barriers to support the digital economy
Abstract
Low market integration is a key barrier to European competitiveness in the digital economy. International collaboration of knowledge workers could help realize market size advantage. European digital single market policymaking should address production-side barriers.
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Lena Abou El-Komboz and Moritz Goldbeck: " International Collaboration in Digital Knowledge Work: A Production-Side Assessment of Europe’s Digital Single Market," EconPol Forum 25 (6), CESifo, Munich, 2024.