This paper investigates the role intangible capital plays for economic growth in different sectors in Germany. It … Germany. In nearly all sectors investments in design and computerized information are larger in the UK. In contrast, German …

noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills and Internet availability at home are negatively associated with the … education vanishes for males once we control for additional characteristics such as occupations, professional Internet use and …

internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use … to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly controlling for non-users. Secondly, we use the frequencies of … five different internet applications to further investigate the determinants of the second-level digital divide. Thirdly …

characteristics on differences in the share of Internet use between German counties. In addition, it studies the influence of regional … factors as well as individual characteristics on the individual probability of becoming a new Internet user. Based on two … differences in Internet use. The results rather indicate that it is the different composition of the population between rural and …

indicate that online participation is not significantly affected by sector affiliation, affiliation to East or West Germany nor …

The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the … enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences and engineering in Germany, we analyse the … determinants of firm contacts established via the Internet. Special attention is paid to the effect of experiences in firm …