Impact of computer skills on wages in USA

Shah Danyal, Pankaj Maskara and Annaheeta Naqvi

Applied Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 18, issue 11, 1077-1081

Abstract: Using US NLSY panel data set, staggered every 2 years from 2000 to 2006 for a cross section of 12 686 individuals, we investigate the effect of computer skills on wages. We use the definition of computer skills as having a personal computer with Microsoft Windows at home. Unlike most previous studies in the United States, which used instrumental variables for controlling the unobserved factors, we use fixed-effects estimation methodology. Based on the unique data set and the robust fixed-effects estimation, we find that individuals possessing computer skills earn a wage premium.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.524607

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