My contribution is concerned with measures of Internet quality and availability used and usable in the analysis of the … so called digital divide. The usage of the share of Internet users in the population – widely used in economic analysis … of the data, as some industrialized countries are already close to a share of 100 % Internet users in the population …

This paper discusses measures of Internet quality and availability used and usable in the analysis of the so called … digital divide. The usage of the share of Internet users in the population - widely used in economic analysis - can easily be … industrialized countries are already close to a share of 100 % Internet users in the population, while the ratio of Internet users to …

as internet access and internet use. We argue that the global digital divide, as measured by cross-country differences in … internet access and use, could be explained by cross-country differences in ethnic heterogeneity. We use indices of ethnic and … of a negative association between ethnic heterogeneity and the use and access of internet. Thus, cross …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …

Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Cloud Computing have been widely developed and applied. New technologies should also be … included in the measurement of the Digital Divide. At the same time, the physical gap in traditional information technology has … and use is highlighted. Under such circumstances, the measurement of the Digital Divide should be more concerned with …

better future for most of the world population. This paper examines the current fragmentation in the digital governance and …