Computer adoption and returns in transition
By: by Yemisi Kuku, Peter F. Orazem, Rajesh Singh.
Contributors: Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1360; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1360
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Computer users -- Europe, Eastern; Computer users -- Central Europe
Description: "Data from nine transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe are used to examine the role of computer adoption for returns to education. As in western economies, computers are adopted most heavily by young, educated, English-speaking workers with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures. These same attributes have been associated with rising relative earnings in transition economies. Controlling for likely simultaneity between computer use and labor market earnings, we find much larger returns to individuals from computer adoption than have been found in established market economies. The large returns are explainable by the high cost of adoption and the scarcity of computer skills. As of 2000, only 14% had ever tried a computer. Consequently, despite much larger individual returns, computers are associated with an 8% increase in average incomes in the nine countries"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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