Citation
Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; & Singh, Rajesh (2007). Computer adoption and returns in transition. Economics of Transition, 15(1), 33-56.Abstract
Across nine transition economies, it is the young, educated, English-speaking workers with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures who work with computers. These workers earn about 25 percent more than do workers of comparable observable skills who do not use computers. Controlling for likely simultaneity between computer use at work and labour market earnings makes the apparent returns to computer use disappear. These results are corroborated using Russian longitudinal data on earnings and computer use on the job. High costs of computer use in transition economies suppress wages that firms can pay to their workers who use computers.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00276.xReference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2007Journal Title
Economics of TransitionAuthor(s)
Kuku, YemisiOrazem, Peter F.
Singh, Rajesh