Abstract
Abstract The Internet is well-developed nowadays, people adapt to the newest science and technology quickly if they have the skills to use computers and the Internet. It will positively affect wages when we combine these abilities with work practically. This thesis is focused on the years 2006, 2012, and 2015 which are turning points in the development of computer and Internet technology. We try to follow Krueger (1993) to analyze the effect of computers and Internet use on wages. The empirical approach of the Heckman’s two-stage procedure is applied to the data from the Digital Opportunity Survey for Individuals and Household from the Survey Research Data Archive. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the impact of computers and Internet use on wages in these three years. We study this issue through six models which contain different variables. The results indicate that people who used to use computers and the Internet or those who use them for a long time have higher wages. The impact decreases over time from the cross-year analysis. Additionally, a negative effect on wages was found with the use of MS Office or leisure application software and a positive effect on wages with the use of E-commerce and Daily Life Applications. The findings show that the impact of computers and Internet use on wages in Taiwan changed with the ups and downs of developments in computer-related technology. In general, the abilities to use computers and the Internet improved workers’ productivity and therefore show a positive influence on their wages.