Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27573 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 06-085 [rev.2]
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the regional dimension of the German digital divide. It studies the determinants of home Internet use in Germany on the level of counties as well as on the level of individuals. Based on two large data sets, the analyses show that population density itself cannot explain regional differences in Internet use rates. The results rather indicate that it is the different composition of individual characteristics between rural and urban populations that accounts for the regional digital divide. At individual level, the findings underline the importance of network effects.
Subjects: 
digital divide
Internet use
network effects
JEL: 
R20
O18
O33
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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