Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy
Increasing returns to schooling and rising inequality are well documented for industrial countries and for some developing countries. The growing demand for skills is associated with recent technological developments. The authors argue that computers in the workplace represent one manifestation of these changes. Research in the United States and industrial countries documents a premium for computer use. But there is recent evidence suggesting that computer skills by themselves do not command a wage premium. The authors review the literature and use data from a survey of higher education graduates in Vietnam. The results support the unobserved heterogeneity explanation for computer wage premiums. They suggest that computers may make the productive workers even more productive. However, given the scarcity of computers in low-income countries, an operational strategy of increasing computer availability and skills would seem to offer considerable hope for increasing the incomes of the poor.
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dig-okr-10986183082024-08-08T17:47:24Z Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy Sakellariou, Chris N. Patrinos, Harry A. RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION Increasing returns to schooling and rising inequality are well documented for industrial countries and for some developing countries. The growing demand for skills is associated with recent technological developments. The authors argue that computers in the workplace represent one manifestation of these changes. Research in the United States and industrial countries documents a premium for computer use. But there is recent evidence suggesting that computer skills by themselves do not command a wage premium. The authors review the literature and use data from a survey of higher education graduates in Vietnam. The results support the unobserved heterogeneity explanation for computer wage premiums. They suggest that computers may make the productive workers even more productive. However, given the scarcity of computers in low-income countries, an operational strategy of increasing computer availability and skills would seem to offer considerable hope for increasing the incomes of the poor. 2014-05-14T20:02:02Z 2014-05-14T20:02:02Z 2003-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191895/technology-computers-wages-evidence-developing-economy https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18308 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3008 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION |
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RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION Sakellariou, Chris N. Patrinos, Harry A. Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
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Increasing returns to schooling and
rising inequality are well documented for industrial
countries and for some developing countries. The growing
demand for skills is associated with recent technological
developments. The authors argue that computers in the
workplace represent one manifestation of these changes.
Research in the United States and industrial countries
documents a premium for computer use. But there is recent
evidence suggesting that computer skills by themselves do
not command a wage premium. The authors review the
literature and use data from a survey of higher education
graduates in Vietnam. The results support the unobserved
heterogeneity explanation for computer wage premiums. They
suggest that computers may make the productive workers even
more productive. However, given the scarcity of computers in
low-income countries, an operational strategy of increasing
computer availability and skills would seem to offer
considerable hope for increasing the incomes of the poor. |
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RETURNS TO SCHOOLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION WAGES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY COMPUTER ACCESS CONTROL INCOME GENERATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY BASIC EDUCATION CHIPS COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER USAGE COMPUTER USE COMPUTER USERS COMPUTERS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOCUMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING MODELING NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PAPERS PERSONAL COMPUTERS PROGRAMMING RATES OF RETURN READING READING COMPREHENSION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES VOUCHERS WORD PROCESSING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY INCOME GENERATION |
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Sakellariou, Chris N. Patrinos, Harry A. |
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Sakellariou, Chris N. Patrinos, Harry A. |
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Sakellariou, Chris N. |
title |
Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
title_short |
Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
title_full |
Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
title_fullStr |
Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
title_full_unstemmed |
Technology, Computers, and Wages : Evidence from a Developing Economy |
title_sort |
technology, computers, and wages : evidence from a developing economy |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2003-03 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2191895/technology-computers-wages-evidence-developing-economy https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18308 |
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