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 …

The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, interconnected using bilaterally negotiated data … there is no visible short run consequence of the GDPR at the internet layer.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working …

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 …

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … technology by adopting broadband internet. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and provides … comparison, broadband internet is a substitute for workers without high school diploma, lowering their marginal productivity …

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 …

observe $39 billion of total revenue in Internet access in 2006, with broadband accounting for $28 billion of this total … surplus, which is not measured via Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An Internet-access Consumer Price Index (CPI) would have to …

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

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 …