U-shaped wage curve and the Internet: The Colombian case

Artikel

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that there is a positive correlation between Internet usage and labor income in the richest countries, this link has not been proven in the developing world. This paper uses propensity score matching techniques and household survey data to estimate the effect of the Internet on wages in Colombia, a country that has experienced a relatively rapid diffusion of information and communications technology in recent years. The empirical results confirm that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between Internet use and income in this country. Consistent with evidence gathered on developed countries in previous studies, the empirical results also suggest that workers in the middle of the skill distribution receive the lowest wage premium for using the Internet. However, contrary to most evidence from developed countries, low skilled workers in Colombia enjoy the highest wage premium from Internet use, which illustrates the potential for new technologies to address inequality gaps between occupations.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Estudios de Economía ; ISSN: 0718-5286 ; Volume: 45 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 173-202 ; Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Thema: Propensity score matching ; skills ; wage differentials ; internet ; income distribution

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Martin, Diego A.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
• (wo): Santiago de Chile
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/194264
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ