@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp792,
            	author={Borghans, Lex and Weel, Bas ter},
            	title={What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption},
            	year={2003},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={792},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp792},
	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.},
	keywords={wage differentials by skill;computer use and skill},
            }