Although computers are universal in the classroom, nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have … computers in their homes. Surprisingly, only a few previous studies explore the role of home computers in the educational … process. Home computers might be very useful for completing school assignments, but they might also represent a distraction …

, diversity); b) Education and training (skilling outcomes, rules on retraining and further training, employability schemes … gender and age regulation); d) Restructuring effects (policy on transfer of personnel, policy on redundancies, and …

This paper investigates two issues related to international trade in computers: measurement and prediction. Because of …, but the BEA uses it for the deflation of international sales and purchases of computers. This paper begins with a review …, separate treatment of computers in empirical models of international trade may be necessary to capture historical developments …

productivity growth after nearly a quarter century of sluggish gains. To assess the role of information technology in the recent … rebound, this paper re-examines the growth contribution of computers and related inputs with the same neoclassical framework … information technology -- including computer hardware, software, and communication equipment -- surged in the second half of the …

in communications equipment do not fall nearly as fast as prices for those chips used in computers, and those differences …

is introduced--such as computers in the last thirty years. The new framework indicates that the contribution of computers … productivity slowdown. Combining the adjustments to multifactor productivity and the impact of computers implied by the model with …

Real equipment investment in the United States has boomed in recent years, led by soaring investment in computers. We … capital. We document that these two features stem from the special behavior of investment in computers and therefore propose a …

This paper examines the role that computers have played in boosting U.S. economic growth in recent years. The paper …