This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both … households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and … benefits on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several pictures of the Internet's physical presence using some of the …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a …), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density …

Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary … so that all public schools and libraries in the U.S. will receive subsidized service to the Internet. The cost of the … of the higher taxation of interstate telephone services to fund the Internet access discounts. I estimate the cost to the …

variation in the timing of the introduction of high-speed internet service, we also demonstrate that the introduction of home … reading test scores. Further evidence suggests that providing universal access to home computers and high-speed internet …

This paper develops a multi-stage general-equilibrium model of global value chains (GVCs) and studies the … trade costs affect the extent to which various countries participate in domestic, regional or global value chains, and …

Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the …-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for … labor markets are an exciting frontier for global talent flows and growing rapidly in importance …

Convergence in per capita income across countries turns on whether technological knowledge spillover are global or … years 1970 and 1995. First, I find that technological knowledge is to a substantial degree local, not global, as the … more global over the sample period. As a determinant of productivity, foreign R&D has significantly gained in importance …

arrangements would require important changes in the global financial architecture: the first one would require a global central …