This chapter argues that, based on the evidence, broadband contributes to the creation of jobs in certain industries and geographies, while also being a key factor in capital-labor substitution under certain conditions. First, broadband construction programs create direct, indirect, and induced...

Economists, management researchers and sociologists have all examined the impact of the spread of information and communication technologies. There has until now, however, been relatively little interconnectivity and cross-fertilisation of their findings. The following paper attempts to derive a...

This study calculates the impact of investment in broadband technology on German employment and economic output. Two sequential investment scenarios are analysed: the first one reflects the government's National Broadband Strategy that extends through 2014, and the second covers the...