Do computer skills affect worker employment? An empirical study from CPS surveys

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Highlights:

• This study examines how computer skills affect worker employment.

• It tests the impact of different measures of employees' computer skills.

• It finds that computer skills affect worker displacement as well as reemployment.

• Computer skills are more conducive to managerial and professional jobs.

摘要

•This study examines how computer skills affect worker employment.•It tests the impact of different measures of employees' computer skills.•It finds that computer skills affect worker displacement as well as reemployment.•Computer skills are more conducive to managerial and professional jobs.

论文关键词:Computer skills,Worker employment,Worker displacement,Worker reemployment,Impact of IT,Human capital,Social capital

论文评审过程:Received 21 April 2016, Revised 2 March 2017, Accepted 5 April 2017, Available online 5 April 2017, Version of Record 15 April 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.013