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TORRES GARCIA, Aldo Josafat  e  FELIX VERDUZCO, Gustavo. Wage differences due to computer use at work in Mexico. Rev. econ. [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.91, pp.35-63. ISSN 2395-8715.

The aim of this paper is to contrast the hypothesis about the existence of a wage premium by the computer use at work. For test, we estimate Mincer’s wage equations. Results indicate that computer use rise wage disparity in favor of users. In a crossection analysis for 2012, which controls various factors, it is estimated that employees who use a computer at work earn on average 8.2 percent more than non-users. Meanwhile, among self-employed, computer user workers on average earn 19.5 percent more.

Palavras-chave : technological change; computer; wage inequality; wage equation.