the question of whether highspeed internet leads to higher/lower sex crime offences and murder. I use unique German data … on criminal offences and broadband internet measured at the municipality level to shed light on the question. In order to … address endogeneity in broadband internet availability, I follow Falck et al. (2014) and exploit technical peculiarities at …

. We combine data on high-speed (broadband) internet availability at the local level with individual register data on the …-out of high-speed internet. The results show that high-speed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months of …

The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the … determinants of firm contacts established via the Internet. Special attention is paid to the effect of experiences in firm … interaction in the past. Econometric estimation results suggest that Internet contact to firms is more likely to be established by …

internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use … to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly controlling for non-users. Secondly, we use the frequencies of … five different internet applications to further investigate the determinants of the second-level digital divide. Thirdly …

characteristics on differences in the share of Internet use between German counties. In addition, it studies the influence of regional … factors as well as individual characteristics on the individual probability of becoming a new Internet user. Based on two … differences in Internet use. The results rather indicate that it is the different composition of the population between rural and …

characteristics on differences in the share of Internet use between German counties. In addition, it studies the influence of regional … factors as well as individual characteristics on the individual probability of becoming a new Internet user. Based on two … differences in Internet use. The results rather indicate that it is the different composition of the population between rural and …