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The value of the internet for consumers
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - 2014
the value of leisure time spent online for which the consumer pays no monetary price and which has become increasingly … important as a leisure activity. We apply a methodology developed be Goolsbee and Klenow (2006), which relies on differences in … measure, leisure time spent on the internet generated a consumer surplus of between 0.6 and 1% of full income in 2011 in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979940
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The Value of the Internet for Consumers
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
the value of leisure time spent online for which the consumer pays no monetary price and which has become increasingly … important as a leisure activity. We apply a methodology developed be Goolsbee and Klenow (2006), which relies on differences in … measure, leisure time spent on the internet generated a consumer surplus of between 0.6 and 1% of full income in 2011 in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170069
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The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Allcott, Hunt - 2019
The rise of social media has provoked both optimism about potential societal benefits and concern about harms such as addiction, depression, and political polarization. We present a randomized evaluation of the welfare effects of Facebook, focusing on US users in the run-up to the 2018 midterm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895861
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Has the digital divide been reversed? Evidence from five EU countries
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
(leisure, improving human capital and obtaining goods and services). It uses a unique dataset which covers the entire … effect on time spent on leisure websites and a positive effect on time spent on human capital and goods & services websites …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665047
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Has the digital divide been reversed? Evidence from five EU countries
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
(leisure, improving human capital and obtaining goods and services). It uses a unique dataset which covers the entire … effect on time spent on leisure websites and a positive effect on time spent on human capital and goods & services websites …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170077
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Has the digital divide been reversed? – Evidence from five EU countries
Pantea, Smaranda - In: electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 11 (2014) 1, pp. 13-42
(leisure, improving human capital and obtaining goods and services). It uses a unique dataset which covers the entire … effect on time spent on leisure websites and a positive effect on time spent on human capital and goods & services websites …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107102
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Has the digital divide been reversed? Evidence from five EU countries
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - 2013
(leisure, improving human capital and obtaining goods and services). It uses a unique dataset which covers the entire … effect on time spent on leisure websites and a positive effect on time spent on human capital and goods & services websites …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055311
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Has the digital divide been reversed? : evidence from five EU countries
Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - 2013
use for specific purposes (leisure, improving human capital and obtaining goods and services). It uses a unique dataset … websites. Tertiary education has a negative effect on time spent on leisure websites and a positive effect on time spent on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979468
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Does the Internet make people happier ?
Pénard, Thierry; Poussing, Nicolas; Suire, Raphaël - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2011
As people are spending more time online, it is important to evaluate the impact of Internet use on individual well-being. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns (e.g. better job, higher productivity) that may increase life satisfaction. But the Internet might also have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283640
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Does the Internet make people happier?
Pénard, Thierry; Poussing, Nicolas; Suire, Raphaël - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 46 (2013) C, pp. 105-116
Given the increasingly prominent role the Internet plays in people's daily life, understanding its influence on individual well-being is crucial. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns that may increase life satisfaction. But the Internet might also have detrimental effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051776