![]() ![]() Our tabulations indicate that computer use in the U.S. Our primary sample consists of 116,457 individuals age 3 and above our subsample focusing on computer use in the workplace consists of 60,868 individuals. The computer use supplements ask respondents about computer and Internet use at home, work, and school. Our study uses the Computer and Internet Use Supplement to the government’s monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted in September 2001 the CPS surveys about 60,000 households and provides information on employment and unemployment. In this Economic Letter, we use a special data set on computer use to assess whether there is a “digital divide.” In particular, we look for substantive differences in computer use across population groups and states (focusing the latter on the Twelfth District) and we discuss what the implications of such differences might be. productivity gains in the mid-1990s to the diffusion of computer technology throughout the workplace therefore, differential computer use across states may help explain productivity growth differences across states. In addition, some research has attributed a significant portion of the acceleration in U.S. One finding, for example, is that people who use computers in the workplace tend to earn higher wages than those who do not, and available evidence suggests that this reflects, at least in part, the direct impact of skills that are associated with or acquired through computer use. Is there a “digital divide”? Yes and noĪs more and more people use computers at home, at work, and at school, researchers have found that computer use has important implications for our material well-being.Does the Twelfth District have an edge in computer use?. ![]()
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