With the current growth in broadband penetration, Internet is likely to be the data collection mode of choice for … panel of respondents, either to an Internet or in-person interview mode. Our design is better able than previous mode … 10 percent level. Results are quite encouraging for the use of Internet as values do not seem to be significantly …

This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 199 countries during the time … interval 1990-2004. We group countries in two categories, low and high income countries, and show that the Internet diffusion … “catching up” process, although a very slow one. We next explore the determinants of Internet diffusion at the country level and …

The present analysis looks at how scientists use the Internet for informal scientific communication. It investigates … the relationship between several explanatory variables and Internet use for social communication, information retrieval …-based analyses. In particular, it corroborated a positive relationship between scientific productivity and Internet use. Furthermore …