Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain

Labour Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-98

  Borghans, Lex ^a   ter Weel, Bas ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer use and skill; Wage differentials by skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347123012     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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