Increased Wage Inequality via ICTs: Making a Case for Human Capital Investment

• Main Authors: Loh, Yvonne Ai-Chi, Chib, Arul
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Employment issues; Funding
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85611; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43802
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 investme...