Returns to computer use and organizational practices of the firm
By: by Benoit Dostie, Mathieu Trepanier.
Contributors: Trépanier, Mathieu
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1541; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1541
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Computer users -- Canada.; Office practice -- Canada.; Labor productivity -- Canada.; Organizational behavior -- Canada.
Description: "In this paper, we test the hypothesis that computer use will lead to productivity gains only if the firm uses an appropriate set of organizational practices. Detailed data on organizational practices and workers' compensation are obtained through a Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee database called the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES). Linked data allow us to take into account both worker and firm unobserved heterogeneity through the estimation of a linear mixed model of wage determination. Our results suggest a small but positive computer-wage premium whose size is related to a set of organizational practices"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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