Search Results - subject:"computer adoption"

The Effects of Changes in the Unemployment Compensation System on the Adoption of IT by Older Workers

Spitz, Alexandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

Two main hypotheses can be found in literature on why elderly workers have a lower probability of using information technology than their younger peers: lower learning capabilities and reduced incentives to invest in human capital. I use law changes in the unemployment compensation system...

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The Effects of Changes in the Unemployment Compensation System on the Adoption of IT by Older Workers

Spitz, Alexandra - 2005

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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition

Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh - 2004

Data from nine transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe are used to examine the role of computer adoption for …, we find much larger returns to individuals from computer adoption than have been found in established market economies …

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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition: Theory Appendix

Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh; Kuku, Yemisi - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2006

Across nine transition economies, it is the young, educated, English-speaking workers with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures that work with computers. These workers earn about 25% more than do workers of comparable observable skills who do not use computers. Controlling...

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COMPUTER ADOPTION AND USE OF INFORMATION SERVICES BY NORTH CAROLINA COMMERCIAL FARMERS

Amponsah, William A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 27 (1995) 02

The extent of information use by farmers for farm management is tracked in terms of computer adoption and usefulness … Carolina, as part of a regional project involving about fourteen states. The results revealed a low rate of computer adoption … by the farmers surveyed. However, computer adoption and usefulness were explained by farm size, educational attainment …

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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition

Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

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