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als Personen mit höherem Bildungsniveau. Auch hinsichtlich der Art der Nutzung von Computer und Internet lassen sich sozio … Menschen höherer Bildungsschichten den Computer häufiger zur Gestaltung der Arbeitswelt sowie zum Schreiben und Lernen … verwenden, setzen Personen mit geringerer Bildung den Computer signifikant häufiger zum Spielen und Musikhören, also eher im …
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Abstract In the light of recent policies aiming at raising the computer literacy of young generations and at reducing … the digital divide, this paper analyzes to what extent the probability of an individual having computer abilities is … affected by the computer skills of her household's other members, i.e. if there are significant within household peer effects …
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In the light of recent policies aiming at raising the computer literacy of young generations and at reducing the … digital divide, this paper analyzes to what extent the probability of an individual having computer abilities is affected by … the computer skills of her household's other members, i.e. if there are significant within household peer effects. We show …
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Understanding the relationship between technology and economics is fundamental to making judicious policy and design decisions. Many technologies that are successful in meeting their technical goals often fail to get adopted due to economic factors. This holds true even for networked systems,...
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The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique...
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of tasks as programmable or otherwise is found to be problematic, computer use accounts for much of the changed use of …
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The Internet is often anticipated to have disruptive competitive impacts, causing upstart firms to overthrow incumbent market leaders. This paper uses the UK IT consulting industry as a test case to see whether such competitive impacts of the Internet might already be occurring. Comparable...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of computer usage on the demand for paper and paperboard products. A … log-linear model is developed to analyze the effect of computer usage on the demand for four categories of paper … first part is US monthly analysis. We create computer number index as a measurement for computer usage. Monthly data (from …
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, wo die Grenze zwischen vollautomatischem Börsenhandel (durch Computer) und manuellem Börsenhandel (von Menschen) verläuft … running an electronic trading system. In this context the term algorithmic trading describes a phenomenon, where computer … example telegraphy, the telephone, FAX or electronic settlement). Today the question is not, whether computer programs are …
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Research on the internal algorithms used to model business simulations have focused on individual components of the business system. Yet the business environment is complex in nature, characterized by interdependencies and nonlinear relationships that require a systems approach if effective game...
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