computer example was substantial. The BLS staff has recently increased the rate at which they incorporate techniques to correct … matched model indices for non computer components of the CPI. This paper explores why. We look carefully at the data on the … component index for TVs and show that differences between the TV and computer markets imply that to obtain an effective …

skill upgrading in the 1970s and 1980s versus the 1960s are those with greater growth in employee computer usage, more … computer capital per worker and larger investment as a share of total investment. The results suggest that the spread of … computer technology may `explain' as much as 30-50% of the increase in the rate of growth of the relative demand for more …

random provision of computers. The experiment does not provide evidence that computer skills have short- or medium …

-defined use of computers in schools: a popular instructional computer program, known as Fast ForWord, which is designed to improve …. Our estimates suggest that while use of the computer program may improve some aspects of students' language skills, it …

Computers are an important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to a computer at home. We test … computers to students. Although computer ownership and use increased substantially, we find no effects on any educational …

Innovation was rampant in the computer industry during the late 1960s and the 1970s. Did innovation vastly extend the … features of a computer system as well? …