Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312080 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11570
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We investigate social disparities in digital skills, focusing on both actual proficiency levels and confidence in these skills. Drawing on a representative sample from Germany, we first demonstrate that both dimensions strongly predict labor market success. We then use this sample to identify gender and socioeconomic disparities in levels and confidence. Finally, using a long-run RCT panel framework with young adults, we confirm these disparities and provide causal evidence on the effects of enhancing the social environment in childhood. Assigning elementary school-aged children to a mentoring program persistently reduces socioeconomic gaps in confidence related to digital skills, but it does not affect the level of digital skills.
Subjects: 
digital skills
technological transformation
inequality
early childhood mentoring
JEL: 
C93
D63
I24
J24
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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