TY  - JOUR
AU  - Friedberg,Leora
TI  - The Impact of Technological Change on Older Workers: Evidence from Data on Computer Use
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8297
PY  - 2001
Y2  - May 2001
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8297
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8297.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Leora Friedberg
Department of Economics
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400182
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182
Tel: 434/924-3225
Fax: 434/982-2904
E-Mail: lfriedbe@nber.org
AB  - New technologies like computers alter skill requirements.  This paper explores two related effects of computers on older workers, who use computers less.  The evolution of computer use in the Current Population Survey suggests that impending retirement reduces the incentive of older workers to acquire new skills. The Health and Retirement Study shows, further, that computer users retire later than non-users.  This may arise because computer users choose to retire later and also because workers planning later retirement choose to acquire computer skills. Instrumental variables estimates suggest that computer use directly lowers the probability of retirement.
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