What (if any) are the returns to computer use?

Benoit Dostie, Rajshri Jayaraman and Mathieu Trepanier

Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 42, issue 30, 3903-3912

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 with matched employer-employee data to correct for the fact that workers and workplaces that use computers are self-selected, we find that computer users enjoy an almost 4% wage premium over nonusers. Failure to correct for worker and workplace selection effect leads to a more than twofold overestimate of this premium.

Date: 2010
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