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TheEfectsofDigitalLiteracyonWagesinEuropeandCentralAsia

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1Introduction

Humancapitalisdefinedasworkers’accumulatedexperienceandskills,includingeducation,health,training,andabilities.Itisimportantindetermininganindividual’sproductivityandearningcapacity,whichinturninfluencestheircontributiontoeconomicgrowthandtheircapacitytoincreasetheirlivingstandardsandevenescapefrompoverty.Economicliteratureshowsastrongcorrelationbetweenanindividual’shumancapital,usuallymea-suredwitheducationalattainment,andtheirearningpotential,indicatinghighereducationallevelsgenerallyleadtobetterjobprospects,higherlaborincome,andmorestableemploy-ment,therebyreducingtheriskofpoverty(Mincer(1975),Card(1999),Jedwabetal.(2023),MoscariniPostel-Vinay(2014),Autoretal.(2003)).Atthemacroeconomiclevel,develop-inghumancapitalcanplayavitalroleinincreasingproductivity,boostinggrowth,promotingmobility,andultimatelybuildingresiliencetoreducepovertyandinequality(AcemogluZilibotti(2001),HallJones(1999),AbbottGallipoli(2022),Santos(2011)).

Recently,digitalskillshavebeenintheforefrontofhumancapitalaccumulationbyofferingsignificantopportunitiesforthosewhocanutilizethem.Therapiddiffusionofdigitaltechnologieshasreshapedproductionprocesses,employmentprospects,andeconomicdevelopmenttrajectoriesbytransformingvarioussectors.Ithasintroducednewwaystoachieveinnovation,efficiency,andinclusivity,andofferssignificantbenefitsandopportunitiesforindividuals,organizations,andcountries.

Digitalskillscaninfluenceone’searningsthroughmultiplechannels.First,digitalskillscanhaveasignificantimpactonfindingemployment.Recentresearchshowsthatpeoplewithsomelevelofdigitalskillsaremorelikelyto