Replication data for: The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle

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Project Citation:

Forman, Chris, Goldfarb, Avi, and Greenstein, Shane. Replication data for: The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112502V1

Project Description

Summary: How did the diffusion of the internet affect regional wage inequality? We examine the relationship between business investment in advanced internet technology and local variation in US wage growth between 1995 and 2000. We identify a puzzle. The internet is widespread, but the economic payoffs are not. Advanced internet technology is only associated with substantial wage growth in the 6 percent of counties that were already highly wealthy, educated, and populated and had IT-intensive industry. Advanced internet and wage growth appear unrelated elsewhere. Overall, advanced internet explains over half the difference in wage growth between already well-off counties and all others. (JEL J31, L86, O33, R11, R23)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      L86 Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
      R11 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

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V1 [2019-10-11]

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