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| Title: | | The returns to computer use revisited, again  |
| Authors: | | Dostie, Benoît Jayaraman, Rajshri Trépanier, Mathieu |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 2080 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| Subjects: | | wage determination computers mixed models linked employer-employee data |
| JEL: | | J30 J31 O30 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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