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An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to logit and probit models

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006

The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique...

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Computer use and the wage structure in Austria

Hofer, Helmut; Riedel, Monika - 2003

In this paper we examine the relationship between computer premium and job position in Austria. We estimate cross …-section wage equations and control for selectivity of computer use via a treatment effects model. We find that the size of the wage … effect attributed to computer use varies significantly between job hierarchies. Persons in higher positions receive …

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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. - 2013

clear for the effects on actual transfers to 4-year colleges and the probability of using a computer to search for college …

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Employee involvement, technology and job tasks

Green, Francis - 2009

of tasks as programmable or otherwise is found to be problematic, computer use accounts for much of the changed use of …

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Information technology and the dynamics of firm and industrial structure: The British IT consulting industry as a contemporary specimen

Simons, Kenneth L. - 2001

The Internet is often anticipated to have disruptive competitive impacts, causing upstart firms to overthrow incumbent market leaders. This paper uses the UK IT consulting industry as a test case to see whether such competitive impacts of the Internet might already be occurring. Comparable...

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Is equipment price deflation a statistical artifact?

Hobijn, Bart - 2001

I argue that equipment price deflation might be overstated because the methods used to measure it rely on the erroneous assumption of perfectly competitive markets. The main intuition behind this argument is that what these price indices might actually capture not a price decrease but the...

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