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Online labor markets have great potential as platforms for conducting experiments, as they provide immediate access to a large and diverse subject pool and allow researchers to conduct randomized controlled trials. We argue that online experiments can be just as valid - both internally and...
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How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …-experimental variation in internet use. This paper helps fill this gap using plausibly exogenous roll-out of broadband infrastructure in …
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This paper examines how the Internet has impacted job search behavior. Examining those who use the Internet for job … has become more extensive. Furthermore, the Internet has led to reallocation of effort among various job search activities …
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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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important ways. This article shows that computerization and use of the Internet are associated with greater hours worked as well …, that trade unions have begun to use the Internet as a tool for servicing members and carrying their message to the public …
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This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both … households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and … benefits on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several pictures of the Internet's physical presence using some of the …
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. The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening? I …
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minority and Han applicants for jobs posted on a large Chinese Internet job board. We denote ethnicity by means of names that …
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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 …
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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 …
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