In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany … random effects and fixed effects estimator were run in the wage estimation. We confirm the results that Entorf and Kramarz … (1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …

by productivity effects. While a rather large personal computer (PC) wage premium was found in the crosssectional … heterogeneity rather than to computer-induced productivity. …

downturn and that it is aligned, at the sectoral level, with measures of productivity growth and market openness to competition …

hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in the dispersion of wages and productivity has occurred across … establishments and these changes are linked. Second, that the increased dispersion in wages and productivity across establishments is …-plant measures of wage and productivity dispersion have increased substantially over the last few decades; and (4) a significant …

things equal. Increased participation in higher education enhances productivity progress and is accompanied by rising wage … thereby fosters economic growth. We apply a structural estimation approach to fully track the endogenous mechanisms of the …

Gender wage differentials, conditional on observed productivity characteristics, have been considered a possible … differentials are due to labor market discrimination or to unobserved productivity differences. The objective of this paper is to … position of women. Estimation is performed by maximum likelihood on Current Population Survey data for the year 1995. Results …