TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Borghans, Lex
AU  - Weel, Bas ter
        TI  - What Happens When Agent T Gets a Computer? The Labor Market Impact of Cost Efficient Computer Adoption
        PY  - 2003/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 792
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp792
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - wage differentials by skill
KW  - computer use and skill
        ER  -