Home Computers and Married Women's Labor Supply

Alexander Lembcke

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: I consider how the availability of a personal computer at home changed employment for married women. I develop a theoretical model that motivates the empirical specifications. Using data from the U.S. CPS from 1984 to 2003, I find that employment is 1.5 to 7 percentage points higher for women in households with a computer. The model predicts that the increase in employment is driven by higher wages. I find having a computer at home is associated with higher wages, and employment in more computer intensive occupations, which is consistent with the model. Decomposing the changes by educational attainment shows that both women with low levels of education (high school diploma or less) and women with the highest levels of education (Master's degree or more) have high returns from home computers

Keywords: Married womens labor supply; computer skills and labor supply; US CPS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-03
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