Computer skills, non-routine tasks, and wage premium: A longitudinal study

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-460

  Peng, Gang ^a   Eunni, Rangamohan V ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer skills; Labor economics; Non routine tasks; Wage premium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SKILL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR FACTORS; NON-ROUTINE TASKS; POPULATION SURVEY;

POPULATION STATISTICS; WAGES;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 82955232899     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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