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ICT Use in the Developing World: An Analysis of Differences in Computer and Internet Penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries …, telephone density, legal quality and banking sector development are associated with technology penetration rates. Overall, the … countries. Estimates from Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions reveal that the main factors responsible for low rates of technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566818
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Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate: Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … owners. The exogenous component of technology ownership is isolated by using information on the regional presence of … average regional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoption improves value-added per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788724
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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle … income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721628
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Do Home Computers Improve Educational Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Current Population Surveys and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
Beltran, Daniel O.; Das, Kuntal K.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have computers in their homes. The role of home computers in …. Teenagers who have access to home computers are 6 to 8 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school than teenagers … who do not have home computers after controlling for individual, parental, and family characteristics. We generally find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566839
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Experience and Technology Adoption
Weinberg, Bruce A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
technologies. Because technological progress in general, and computers in particular, may be skill-biased and because human capital … experience and technology adoption and the effect of technological change on the returns to experience. Estimates indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703345
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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822834
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The Returns to Computer Use Revisited, Again
Dostie, Benoit; Jayaraman, Rajshri; Trépanier, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using North American data, we revisit the question first broached by Krueger (1993) and reexamined by DiNardo and Pischke (1997) of whether there exists a real wage differential associated with computer use. Employing a mixed effects model to correct for both worker and workplace unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566807
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Returns to Computer Use and Organizational Practices of the Firm
Dostie, Benoit; Trépanier, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that computer use will lead to productivity gains only if the firm uses an appropriate set of organizational practices. Detailed data on organizational practices and workers’ compensation are obtained through a Canadian longitudinal linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703382
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in … first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field …
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