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| Tekijä: | Demoussis, M. Giannakopoulos, N. |
| Otsikko: | Facets of the digital divide in Europe: Determination and extent of internet use |
| Lehti: | Economics of innovation and new technology
2006 : APR, VOL. 15:3, p. 235-246 |
| Asiasana: | decision making information technology Internet Europe models |
| Vapaa asiasana: | digital divide |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | This article aims to identify, given Internet (here as: I.) accessibility, the factors shaping the individuals' decisions for personal Internet usage (here as: I-usage.) and its extent (as: ext). Cross-sectional data from the European Social Survey were utilized, and an ordered probit model was employed. The hypothesized link btw. the decision to use the I. and the extent of I-usage. was confirmed. Household income, cost of access, demographics, media use, regional characteristics and general skill acquisition by individuals appear to correlate with I-usage. and its ext. In addition, a non-linear decomposition analysis was applied to identify the causes of the observed south/north divide. It is indicated that the observed differences in the probability of I-usage. constitute a structural problem. |
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