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dc.contributor.authorBorghans, Lexen
dc.contributor.authorter Weel, Basen
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-10-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:50:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:50:16Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20081126657en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35305-
dc.description.abstractWe review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro studies that are based on CES production functions. We propose a micro foundation for the CES production function that allows for changes in the underlying structure. We adapt the macro model by incorporating computer skills, complementary skills and fixed costs for computer technology usage suggested by the micro literature. It turns out that fixed costs for computer technology usage explain different patterns of computer adoption and diffusion between several types of workers and countries; it also provides very plausible patterns of the timing of wage inequality and developments over time.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3792en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWage level of structureen
dc.subject.keywordcomputer technologyen
dc.subject.keywordtechnology diffusionen
dc.subject.stwComputergestütztes Verfahrenen
dc.subject.stwInnovationsdiffusionen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwCES-Produktionsfunktionen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleUnderstanding the technology of computer technology diffusion: explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn584656750en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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