The Internet has transformed the way countries trade by reducing the costs of exporting. This paper quantifies the … impact of Internet adoption on international trade. It shows that the Internet has a positive, nuanced, impact on … international trade: bilateral exports are more affected when Internet adoption increases in the exporter than importer. A 10 …

that reports using the internet to pay bills. Further, the absolute values of ordinary least squares estimates of the …

and 2016 to identify the effect of internet adoption on labor force participation. Using panel data at the individual … level with rich information on labor market outcomes, internet use and gender-biased social norms, the article finds that … internet adoption increases female labor force participation but has no effect on male labor force participation. The increase …

(technologies that benefit a large segment of the economy and have long-lasting effect). It finds that only Internet services are so …: firm growth and productivity are much higher when Internet access is greater and when firms use the Internet more … intensively; and Internet access benefits firms in high- and low-tech industries, firms of all sizes, and exporter and non …

Middle East and North Africa countries and 20 comparator countries around the world, this paper shows that the Middle East …

China has quickly become the largest e-commerce market in the world. By matching a nationally representative China …

their fair share to society. This paper also provides the first analysis of the World Bank's Digital Business Indicators …

relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the …