The authors test opposing theories on how urban locations influenced the diffusion of Internet technology. They find … evidence that, controlling for industry, participation in the Internet is more likely in rural areas than in urban areas …. Nevertheless, talk of the dissolution of cities is premature. Frontier Internet technologies appear more often at establishments in …

How did the diffusion of the internet affect regional wage inequality? We examine the relationship between business use … of advanced internet technology and local variation in US wage growth between 1995 and 2000. We find no evidence that the … internet contributed to regional wage convergence. Advanced internet technology is associated with larger wage growth in places …

The authors test opposing theories on how urban locations influenced the diffusion of Internet technology. They find … evidence that, controlling for industry, participation in the Internet is more likely in rural areas than in urban areas …. Nevertheless, talk of the dissolution of cities is premature. Frontier Internet technologies appear more often at establishments in …