To the extent that wage is based on the marginal value of worker product, computers are an important influence for higher worker productivity in firms of all sizes. The highest premium for computer users over nonusers was found to be in small firms in industries with the highest growth rate, where a premium of nearly 24.8 percent in wages was observed. The author suggests that the 25-employee level may be a threshold for the adoption of computer technologies. Occupations requiring information processing exhibit computer usage four times as high as occupations that are mostly production- oriented. Information-processing occupations show computer usage to be 71.9 percent for small firms and 81.3 percent for large firms.
Women use computers at a higher rate than men in firms of all sizes.