The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new attention to the digital divide, as the need for online schooling and working from home has disproportionately hurt those without computer equipment and skills.
Research by Paul A. Pavlou, dean of the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, found that people with basic Information Technology (IT) skills – including the ability to use email, copy and paste files and work with an Excel spreadsheet – are more likely to be employed, even in jobs that aren’t explicitly tied to those skills.
People with more advanced IT skills generally earned higher salaries, the researchers found. The work is described in Information Systems Research. [Read more…] about New research highlights impact of the digital divide