Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions. We estimate production functions where firms can change their … technology by adopting broadband internet. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and provides …

together tasks; comparative advantage stimulates unbundling and specialisation. The estimates suggest that on average the … Netherlands has witnessed unbundling in the period 1996-2005, which implies that advantages of specialisation have increased …

Broadband (high-speed) internet access expanded rapidly from 1999 to 2007. This expansion is associated with higher … teens make. Specifically, we look at the relationship between increased broadband access and teen fertility. We hypothesize … broadband internet on teen fertility as well as the mechanisms underlying this effect. Our results suggest that increased …

question of the technological drivers of this phenomenon by studying the impact of the staggered diffusion of broadband … internet in France during the 2000s. Our results confirm that broadband technology increases firm productivity and the relative … demand for high-skill workers. Further, we show that broadband internet led firms to outsource some non-core occupations to …