Topic Labor and Employment

Productivity Effects of Overeducation in West Germany: First Results

The Demand for Higher Education in Germany

Continuous Training and Sectoral Mobility in Germany, Evidence from the 1990s

Labour Costs from an International Comparative Perspective: A Critical Look at Existing Concepts

Reform of the Regulations on Marginal Employment Lacks Cohesion

Reducing Unemployment by Cost-Cutting? Long-Term Impacts for Germany

Subsidising Social Insurance Contributions in the Low-Wage Sector: Lacking in Precision and Too Expensive

Overtime Reductions: Negligible Employment Effects

Full Time or Part Time? German Parental Leave Policy and the Return to Work After Childbirth in Germany

Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Differential

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 and panel results from 1984-1997 are presented. It is shown that the wage premium attributed to using a computer at work using cross-sectional results for ...