The Diffusion of the Internet and the Geography of the Digital Divide in the United States / Shane Greenstein, Jeff Prince.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenstein, Shane.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Prince, Jeff.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w12182.

NBER working paper series no. w12182

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2006.

Summary:

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 current main techniques for Internet measurement. We highlight different economic perspectives and explanations for the digital divide, that is, unequal availability and use of the Internet.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2006.