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Broadband internet expansion is a topic of widespread discussion in Germany right now. But the country still has not …
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This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, we analyze the association between Internet use and various … Internet use is significantly associated with lower levels of SWB, we hardly observe any associations when the focus is on … participation in specific online activities. Nevertheless, SWB depends on perceptions of Internet use; that is, the importance that …
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