Labor Market Return to Computer Skills: Using Microsoft Certification to Measure Computer Skills
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Keywords
Computer skills; human capital; Microsoft certification; IT wage premium;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2012-01-18 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2012-01-18 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-01-18 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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