Digital skill gaps are large and racialized among U.S. earners, and digital skill level correlates with earnings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

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q3 i? The National Skills Coalition reports 13 percent of American earners lack any digital skills, and half of Black and 57 percent of Latino earners have limited or no digital skills, with digital skill level correlating with earnings quintile. → Weaver 2022

Evidence¶

Weaver 2022¶

Weaver, D'Andre J., Ph.D. (2022). Delivering on the Promise of Digital Equity. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/38939984-18ea-4af0-8081-c787ac30d48d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/166

q3 · i? · review · r1

The report cites National Skills Coalition data: "13 percent of all current American earners lack any digital skills," with stark racial gaps — half of Black and 57 percent of Latino earners have limited or no digital skills versus nine percent of white earners. NSC data also show earners with no digital skills concentrated in lower earnings quintiles.

"the National Skills Coalition (NSC) reports that 13 percent of all current American earners lack any digital skills. Eighteen percent have limited skills and only a third are at the advanced level. The numbers are far worse for people of color: Half of Black and 57 percent of Latino earners have limited or no digital skills."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Digital Literacy — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Roughly 30 percent of U.S. students (15 to 16 million) lacked adequate internet or device access in late 2020, with rural, Native American, Black, and Latino students disproportionately affected — related
Digital skill gaps among U.S. workers are pronounced by race, while over 90 percent of jobs demand digital skills — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
Digital skills gaps span demographic groups and shape e-learning, job performance, and earnings — a broader claim this one bears on

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