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 …

Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We … factors associated with computer and Internet penetration do not differ substantially between developed and developing …

With the growth of the Internet, online job portals have become an important medium for job matching. This paper …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

diagnosis more than doubles them. Internet ratings of repair shops are a good predictor of prices. However, the predictive …