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What happens when agent T gets a computer?: The labor market impact of cost efficient computer adoption

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Borghans, Lex
ter Weel, Bas

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Volume (Year): 54 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 137-151
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  1. Borghans,Lex & Weel,Bas,ter, 2005. "The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change," Research Memoranda 005, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel, 2009. "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion," CPB Discussion Papers 117, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. [Downloadable!]
  3. Borghans Lex & Weel Bas ter, 2008. "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure," Research Memoranda 009, Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Cindy Zoghi & Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, 2006. "Which Workers Gain Upon Adopting a Computer?," Working Papers 395, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. [Downloadable!]
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