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Do We Need Computer Skills to Use a Computer? Evidence from Britain

Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we examine the returns to computer skills in Britain. Many researchers, using information on computer use, have concluded that wage differentials between computer users and non-users might, among others, be due to differences in the embodiment of computer skills. Using unique information on the importance, level of sophistication and effectiveness of computer use, we show that computer skills do not yield significant labour market returns for most types of use. Examining the returns to computer skills at different levels of sophistication of use, yields estimates suggesting returns to computer skills at the highest level of sophistication of use only.
Year of publication:
2003
Authors: Borghans, Lex ; ter Weel, Bas
Publisher: Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject: Computergestütztes Verfahren | Qualifikation | Bildungsertrag | Lohnstruktur | PC (Personal Computer) | Schätzung | Großbritannien | wage inequality | wage level and structure | computerization
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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories): Working Paper
Language: English
Other identifiers:
362043140 [GVK]
hdl:10419/20652 [Handle]
Classification: O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
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Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10010277176
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