1. Digital development in Europe : a theoretical framework -- 2. The internet in everyday life -- 3. A metrics for …

Is the internet a big deal? -- Why productivity is so important -- Productivity and the internet: what lies ahead …? -- Benefits of the Internet that may not show up in the gdp -- Realizing the Internet's potential -- Concluding thoughts …

study addresses the question whether the emergence of broadband internet influences economic and social development. The … results indicate that broadband internet indeed positively affects a number of economically and socially meaningful variables …. To address concerns a reverse causality and omitted variables and to identify causal effects of broadband internet …