How does the internet affect young people’s mental health? We study this question in the context of Italy using … combine with information on the availability of high-speed internet at the municipal level. Our identification strategy … previously irrelevant but became salient after the advent of the internet. We find that access to high-speed internet has a …

How does the internet affect young people's mental health? We study this question in the context of Italy using … combine with information on the availability of highspeed internet at the municipal level. Our identification strategy … previously irrelevant but became salient after the advent of the internet. We find that access to high-speed internet has a …

We study the effect of internet diffusion on childbirth procedures performed in England between 2000 and 2011. We … exploit an identification strategy based on geographical discontinuities in internet access generated by technological factors …. We show that broadband internet access increased Cesarean-sections: mothers living in areas with better internet access …

During the last decade the internet has been the fastest growing segment in advertising. Exploiting Nielsen data, we … comparatively more than larger firms. Radio and the internet display an opposite pattern, whereas are larger firms increasing their …

The internet has transformed the way in which voters access and receive political information, such that it has … to filter relevant information themselves. The introduction phase of the internet coincided with a decreasing voter … internet’s effects on the consumption of information is also relevant for how voters view labor policies. …