estimates the consumer's surplus of Internet's connection for France in 2005. Second, our paper challenges the initial … hypothesis take into account the concavity of the demand function of Internet and the second adds more realistic non …-monetary variables. We also make some differentiation between Internet adoption and access frequency patterns using Heckman's (1976 …

Given the increasingly prominent role the Internet plays in people's daily life, understanding its influence on … individual well-being is crucial. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns that may increase life satisfaction …. But the Internet might also have detrimental effects (e.g. addiction, social isolation). This paper aims to examine the …