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Does having digital skills really pay off?

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Having the highest levels of skills in problem solving using ICT (information and communication technologies) increases chances of participating in the labour force by six percentage points compared with adults who have the lowest levels of these skills, even after accounting for various other factors, such as age, gender, level of education, literacy and numeracy proficiency, and use of e-mail at home. Adults without ICT experience are less likely to participate in the labour force; if they are employed, they earn less than adults with ICT experience, after accounting for various other factors. Experience in using ICT has a particularly large impact on participation in the labour force and earnings in Australia, England/Northern Ireland (UK) and the United States. Workers who use ICT frequently have substantially higher wages than those who do not use ICT often. Les compétences numériques : un investissement vraiment rentable ? Le fait d’atteindre les niveaux les plus élevés de compétences en résolution de problèmes à l’aide des TIC (technologies de l’information et de la communication) augmente la probabilité d’être actif, pour un adulte, de 6 points de pourcentage par rapport aux individus se situant aux niveaux les plus faibles dans ce domaine, même après contrôle de différents autres facteurs, tels que l’âge, le sexe, le niveau de formation, le niveau de compétences en littératie et en numératie, et l’utilisation de la messagerie électronique dans le cadre privé. Les adultes sans expérience dans les TIC sont moins susceptibles d’être actifs, et lorsqu’ils occupent un emploi, sont moins bien rémunérés que les adultes expérimentés dans les TIC, après contrôle de différents autres facteurs. En Angleterre/Irlande du Nord (RU), en Australie, et aux États-Unis, l’expérience dans l’utilisation des TIC a une incidence particulièrement marquée sur le taux d’activité et la rémunération. Les actifs occupés faisant une utilisation fréquente des TIC ont une rémunération sensiblement plus élevée que celle des actifs occupés ne les utilisant pas souvent.

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  • Oecd, 2015. "Does having digital skills really pay off?," Adult Skills in Focus 1, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduabb:1-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5js023r0wj9v-en
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    1. Fairlie, Robert W. & Bahr, Peter Riley, 2018. "The effects of computers and acquired skills on earnings, employment and college enrollment: Evidence from a field experiment and California UI earnings records," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 51-63.
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