AbstractsComputer Science

Is there wage premium to computer use in Sweden

by Pengcheng Zhang




Institution: Högskolan Dalarna
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Year: 2005
Keywords: wage premium; computer use; upskilling; deskilling; Social and Behavioural Science, Law; samhälle/juridik
Record ID: 1331465
Full text PDF: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2111


Abstract

This paper examines the wage premium to computer use in Sweden in the early 1990’s. I use simple regression model and interaction terms in my paper to examine the effect of computer use at work. Although the data is only one-year cross-section data, my results clearly show a wage premium to computer use in Sweden. There are also interesting findings in my paper by using Swedish data. From the results, I find wage premium to be related to intensity of computer use at work.