Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of it Usage

Spitz, Alexandra

doi:10.2139/ssrn.604463

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Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of it Usage

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 04-067

38 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2004 Last revised: 14 Aug 2008

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Alexandra Spitz

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Date Written: 2004

Abstract

In this study, I analyze the relationship between IT use and wages in West Germany in 1998/99. I use two estimation approaches: regression based matching and matching on the propensity score. The richness of the data set favors the use of these approaches. The variable of main interest is the average treatment effect for the treated. I find that, given the extensive changes in workplaces that have occurred in recent decades, IT users would be worse off in terms of wages had they not started to use IT.

Keywords: Computer wage differential, matching

JEL Classification: J30, J31

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Spitz, Alexandra, Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of it Usage (2004). ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 04-067, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=604463 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.604463