Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202847 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 73
Publisher: 
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE), Milano
Abstract: 
In recent years, there has been a growing interest among scholars on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their beneficial effects on elderly wellbeing; almost all contributions support the positive impact of ICTs among older population because their use has been demonstrated to enhance social participation and psychosocial wellbeing. This paper contributes to the extant literature by using a specific and comprehensive measure of quality of life, the WHOQol-Bref, on a sample of 341 individuals attending the University of Third Age in an Italian town. Through different model specifications, we are able to demonstrate the positive impact of ICTs' use on elderly quality of life. Results corroborate the findings of existing literature and provide insight on possible policy measures framed in an active aging approach.
Subjects: 
ICT
active ageing policies
quality of life
WHOQol-Bref
OLS
JEL: 
I12
I26
J14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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