Add to ORKGGovernments justify support of Internet diffusion on two grounds: (1) to overcome a persistent digital divide in broadband availability and (2) to facilitate online activities that are socially or economically desirable. This paper assesses both these claims. Using individual-level data from Forrester Research, the analysis finds significantly lower residential broadband adoption in lower-income and lower-density zip codes, controlling for individual characteristics. Further tests show that lower adoption in these areas is evidence of a persistent digital divide in availability. The analysis then assesses how broadband adoption changes individuals’ usage of online activities. Broadband adoption increases individuals’ frequency of researchin...
Mobile broadband is becoming increasingly important to national economies and the personal lives of ...
Internet adoption tends to progress in phases: early rapid adoption in urban areas and by relatively...
Access to broadband is widely recognized as a prerequisite for a community’s economic welfare and th...
Governments justify support of Internet diffusion on two grounds: (1) to overcome a persistent digit...
Most existing assessments of local Wi-Fi projects have concentrated on either top-down, government-d...
Some policymakers, believing that disparities in broadband access across American society could have...
This paper examines the shifting influence of household characteristics and telecommunications infra...
The social function of the Internet has changed dramatically in recent years. What was, until recent...
Some public elites assert that the digital divide is a serious social problem and that governments m...
Analyzes the correlation between broadband expansion and economic growth in 1999-2006 by industry an...
This book examines the reasons why various groups around the world choose not to adopt broadband ser...
As the Internet, and broadband in particular, becomes a platform for social and political en...
High-speed broadband facilitates a vast number of beneficial applications such as voice over interne...
In the past decade, governments around the world have made significant investments to improve Intern...
As the Internet, and broadband in particular, becomes a platform for social and political engagement...
Mobile broadband is becoming increasingly important to national economies and the personal lives of ...
Internet adoption tends to progress in phases: early rapid adoption in urban areas and by relatively...
Access to broadband is widely recognized as a prerequisite for a community’s economic welfare and th...
Governments justify support of Internet diffusion on two grounds: (1) to overcome a persistent digit...
Most existing assessments of local Wi-Fi projects have concentrated on either top-down, government-d...
Some policymakers, believing that disparities in broadband access across American society could have...
This paper examines the shifting influence of household characteristics and telecommunications infra...
The social function of the Internet has changed dramatically in recent years. What was, until recent...
Some public elites assert that the digital divide is a serious social problem and that governments m...
Analyzes the correlation between broadband expansion and economic growth in 1999-2006 by industry an...
This book examines the reasons why various groups around the world choose not to adopt broadband ser...
As the Internet, and broadband in particular, becomes a platform for social and political en...
High-speed broadband facilitates a vast number of beneficial applications such as voice over interne...
In the past decade, governments around the world have made significant investments to improve Intern...
As the Internet, and broadband in particular, becomes a platform for social and political engagement...
Mobile broadband is becoming increasingly important to national economies and the personal lives of ...
Internet adoption tends to progress in phases: early rapid adoption in urban areas and by relatively...
Access to broadband is widely recognized as a prerequisite for a community’s economic welfare and th...