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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers - An Analysis Based on Individual Data

Schleife, Katrin (2009)
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Item Type: Report
Type of entry: Primary publication
Title: Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers - An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Language: English
Date: 23 October 2009
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics
Series Volume: 145
Abstract:

This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a strong and negative relationship between the age of workers and computer use is found. In addition, the impact of occupational status and hourly wage on computer use is significantly positive. However, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when controlling for individual and firm-specific characteristics.

Uncontrolled Keywords: computer use, older workers, employment status
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-47812
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JEL-Classification: J14, J26, O33; Erstellt März 2005

Classification DDC: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Divisions: 01 Department of Law and Economics
01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2009 13:38
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2023 09:12
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/4781
PPN: 378324195
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