The debate about the digital divide in the field of Internet use and broadband has, in large part, been generated around statistics of households that own a computer and have purchased a broadband subscription (in other words, service penetration). As a result, the political discussion and...

We analyze tariffs for fixed broadband services in Latin America and benchmark against tariffs in the OECD. We also develop a new broadband development indicator (the Broadband Performance Index) that compares actual penetration rates with those predicted by our regression model. The results...

This study seeks to empirically test the narrative of a frictionless global market for digital labor. The empirical strategy is based on the examination of internal data from Nubelo, one of the largest Spanish-language online labor platforms. The results suggest that information-related...

This paper explores how worker-employer gender interactions affect wage negotiations in a contract labor setting. More specifically, we ask whether male and female job seekers competing for contracts in an online labor market adjust their bargaining strategies and reservation prices depending on...

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This study examines gender segregation in the context of the so-called gig economy. In particular, it explores the role that stereotypes about male and female occupations play in sorting men and women into different jobs in an online freelance marketplace. The findings suggest that gender...

English Abstract: Paper presents empirical evidence and policy recommendations on how to connect to the Internet to approximately 250 million Latin Americans that remain unconnected. First, it analyzes patterns of spread of the Internet in Latin America on the basis of the most recent surveys of...

This study discusses the current situation and evolution of broadband service offerings in Latin America and the Caribbean. The primary source of data is the annual survey of broadband plans conducted by the Center for Technology and Society at Universidad de San Andrés since 2010. The survey...

We analyze transactional data in Nubelo, a large online labor market serving the Spanish-speaking markets. Our results corroborate the presence of discrimination based on worker’s country of origin. In our most conservative estimate, foreign workers are 15% less likely to obtain contracts in...