TY - GEN
T1 - Increased wage inequality via ICTs
T2 - 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016
AU - Loh, Yvonne Ai Chi
AU - Chib, Arul
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Copyright 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/6/3
Y1 - 2016/6/3
N2 - Globalisation and technological advances have affected workers' livelihoods. This study analysed how capital investment in ICTs at the workplace affected marginalised low wage workers in a large sample of firms (n=632) in Singapore. We found that social investment by the state for ICTs investments in workplaces led to a significant negative, albeit marginal, reduction in wage growth. We argue that these findings are supported by economic theory, and propose that government investment balance towards higher-order digital skills. We advocate for further research to measure the impact of worker ownership in enterprises on productivity growth, and hence equality objectives.
AB - Globalisation and technological advances have affected workers' livelihoods. This study analysed how capital investment in ICTs at the workplace affected marginalised low wage workers in a large sample of firms (n=632) in Singapore. We found that social investment by the state for ICTs investments in workplaces led to a significant negative, albeit marginal, reduction in wage growth. We argue that these findings are supported by economic theory, and propose that government investment balance towards higher-order digital skills. We advocate for further research to measure the impact of worker ownership in enterprises on productivity growth, and hence equality objectives.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977137785&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2909609.2909615
DO - 10.1145/2909609.2909615
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84977137785
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 3 June 2016 through 6 June 2016
ER -
