Make money surfing the web? The impact of internet use on the earnings of U.S. workers

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-250

  DiMaggio, Paul ^a   Bonikowski, Bart ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049189503     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300203     Document Type: Article

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