discouragement by over 50 percent (50%). Dialup Internet use also has a statistically significant effect, reducing labor market … to work. In this PAPER, we use the 2007 Computer and Internet Use Supplement of the Census Bureau’s Current Population … Survey to estimate the effect of Internet use on job search, and we find this effect to be significant. Our empirical model …

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 directs over $7 billion to expand broadband Internet availability … over 7,000 elderly retired persons to evaluate the role of Internet use on mental well-being. Well-being is measured using … contribution of Internet use to mental well-being of elderly Americans, and estimates indicate that Internet use leads to about a …