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diffusion of internet access in the late 1990's. Which types of persons incorporated the internet into their job search strategy … internet job search derived from the December 1998 and August 2000 CPS Computer and Internet Supplements, matched with job … search outcomes from subsequent CPS files. We find that internet searchers are positively selected on observables, but …
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diagnosis more than doubles them. Internet ratings of repair shops are a good predictor of prices. However, the predictive …
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With the growth of the Internet, online job portals have become an important medium for job matching. This paper …
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We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006 …-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During … this period, household access to the internet was almost completely dependent on connection to a particular technology (DSL …
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We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted … and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price …
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Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … limitations. The first approach involves searching for exogenous sources of variation in the access to fast Internet or specific … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This …
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This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We combine data … on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet …
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disrupts our sleep with detrimental effects on our health and cognitive performance. High-speed Internet promotes the use of … electronic devices, video games and Internet addiction (e.g., online games and cyberloafing). Exposure to artificial light from … relationship between technology use near bedtime and sleep. This paper studies the causal effects of access to high-speed Internet …
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How does the internet affect young people's mental health? We study this question in the context of Italy using … combine with information on the availability of highspeed internet at the municipal level. Our identification strategy … previously irrelevant but became salient after the advent of the internet. We find that access to high-speed internet has a …
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During COVID school closures, learning become mostly restricted to young people who had internet access at home. This … paper examines internet access in India using National Sample Survey 2017-18. It probes the extent of inequality in young … people's internet access across gender, caste, religion, rural-urban sector, private-public schools, and income group. Our …
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