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What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption by Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel (June 2003) published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 54 (2), 137-151 Abstract: This paper offers a model to explain how computer technology has changed the labor market. It demonstrates that wage differentials between computer users and non-users are consistent with the fact that computers are first introduced in high-wage jobs because of cost efficiency. Furthermore, skill upgrading occurs because of a reemphasis on non-routine tasks after computer adoption. The model also reveals that neither differences in computer skills nor complementary skills are needed to explain wage differentials between computer users and non-users, skill upgrading, and the changing organization and intensity of work. Finally, the predicted effects on the wage structure following the diffusion of computers are consistent with the empirical evidence. Text: See Discussion Paper No. 792 
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