participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that … looking at the potential channels for these effects, we find that in Indonesia the structure of initial protection was …

This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential … under imperfect information, these findings are consistent with Indonesia citizens over-estimating the net gains from …

public policy. Complementing economic integration with political integration can increase the gains from globalisation …, though not in all cases. -- Globalisation ; agenda-setting ; information-rich societies ; scarcity of attention ; advertising …

Mobile broadband internet is the main technology through which individuals access the internet in developing countries … surveys in seven countries in West Africa in 2018/19 - a subregion with one of the lowest levels of mobile internet … penetration in the world - to identify the main factors that limit mobile broadband internet adoption. Results show that low …

This paper employs cross-sectional data from 100 countries to analyze the main determinants of inter-country Internet … diffusion rates. We set up an empirical model based on strong theoretical foundations, in which we regress Internet usage on … that economic strength, infrastructure and knowledge of the English language positively affect Internet connectivity. In …

-2003, immigrants were significantly less likely to have access to or use a computer and the Internet. Moreover, the gap in IT usage …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables and fixed effect estimates show that internet use is associated … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on …

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 …

We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies … underlying these results. -- Child labor ; trade liberalization ; poverty ; Indonesia …