The returns to computer use revisited, again
By: by  Benoît Dostie, Rajshri Jayaraman, Mathieu Trépanier
Contributors: Jayaraman, Rajshri
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2080; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2080
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Wage differentials; Computer users
Description: "Using North American data, we revisit the question first broached by Krueger (1993) and re-examined by DiNardo and Pischke (1997) of whether there exists a real wage differential associated with computer use. Employing a mixed effects model to correct for both worker and workplace unobserved heterogeneity using matched employer-employee panel data, we find that computer users enjoy an almost 4 per cent wage premium over non-users. Failure to correct for the worker selection effect leads to a more than twofold overestimate of this premium, as does failure to correct for workplace unobserved heterogeneity"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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