Returns to ITC skills.

Autor/inn/en	Falck, Oliver; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon
Institution	OECD / Directorate for Education and Skills
Titel	Returns to ITC skills. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Erträge aus IT-Kompetenzen.
Quelle	Paris (2016), 62 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	OECD education working papers. 134
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/5jlzfl2p5rzq-en
Schlagwörter	Informationstechnologische Bildung; Medienkompetenz; Bildungsertrag; Computerkenntnisse; Industriestaat; Lohnhöhe; Internationaler Vergleich; Infrastruktur; Kompetenzentwicklung; Internet; Australien; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Großbritannien; Irland; Japan; Kanada; Niederlande; Norwegen; Polen; Schweden; Slowakei; Tschechische Republik; USA; Österreich
Abstract	"How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labour markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Our identification strategy relies on the idea that Internet access is important in the formation of ICT skills, and we implement instrumental-variable models that leverage exogenous variation in Internet availability across countries and across German municipalities. ICT skills are substantially rewarded in the labour market: returns are at 8% for a onestandard- deviation increase in ICT skills in the international analysis and are almost twice as large in Germany. Placebo estimations show that exogenous Internet availability cannot explain numeracy or literacy skills, suggesting that our identifying variation is independent of a person's general ability. Our results further suggest that the proliferation of computers complements workers in executing abstract tasks that require ICT skills." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/4