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Wage Premiums for On-the-Job Computer Use: A Metro and Nonmetro Analysis By Lorin D. Kusmin ERS Rural Development Research Report No. RDRR95. 37 pp, December 2002 An analysis of on-the-job computer use shows that such use is more common in metro areas than in nonmetro areas. A substantial wage premium, 10 to 11 percent, is associated with using a computer on the job, even after other job and worker characteristics are taken into account. However, this wage premium accounts for only a small proportion of the wage differences between metro and nonmetro areas. In nonmetro areas, the computer use wage premium is only about 6 percent. Keywords: wages, skills, computers, rural, nonmetro In this report ... Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Entire Document, 136 kb. Order this report (stock #ERSRDRR95) web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: January 15, 2003

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