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 …

service, such as high-speed broadband access to the Internet. Additionally, existing law imposes a hefty monthly Universal …

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 …

A country’s human capital and economic productivity increasingly depend on the Internet due to its expanding role in … providing information and communications. This has prompted a search for ways to increase Internet adoption and narrow its … disparity across countries – the global “digital divide.” Previous work has focused on demographic,economic, and infrastructure …

There is a well-documented a "digital divide" in internet connection. We ask whether a similar divide exists for … internet usage. Using a survey of 18,439 Americans, we find that high-income, educated people were more likely to have adopted … the internet by December 2001. However, conditional on adoption, low-income, less-educated people spend more time online …