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Kusmin, Lorin D. – Rural America, 2000
Workers who use computers on the job receive higher wages, reflecting both computer-specific and broader skills. This accounts for a small portion of the metro-nonmetro wage gap. The payoff for using a computer on the job is higher for college graduates and more-experienced workers than their counterparts and is higher for rural than urban…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Attainment, Income, Job Skills
Kusmin, Lorin D. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1996
The percentage of rural workers using computers on the job doubled to 36% during 1984-93, but remained below the urban rate (48.7%). Most of the rural-urban difference in on-the-job computer use reflects the higher educational level of the urban workforce and its larger share of professional, managerial, and white-collar workers. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computers, Educational Attainment, Individual Characteristics
