| Title: | Factors that impact internet use and are sensitive to income : cross-country empirical evidence |
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| Authors: | ID Močnik, Dijana (Author) |
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| Files: |  http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=84191
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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| Abstract: | This paper examines information and communication technology (ICT) and socioeconomic indicators associated with Internet use based on income level across countries. Although some literature deals with cross-country indicatorsof Internet use, no known study quantitatively examines which indicators are superior or how they differ across countries with different income level. We extract factors with the most important indicators and evaluate their impact on Internet use for four income groups: low, lower middle, upper middle, and high. The results show that Internet use can be stimulated by educated people, available computers, telecommunications connections and increasing income per capita. However, prices of telecommunications services, international trade, investment, population density, unemployment rate or GDP growth rate do not affect Internet use. |
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| Keywords: | technology gap, developing countries, digital divide, internet access, information technology, communication technology |
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| Year of publishing: | 2010 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-26646  |
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| UDC: | 331.101.5:004.738.5 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1330-0288 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 14247190 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:UYOJAMXB |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 31.05.2012 |
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| Views: | 2561 |
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| Downloads: | 33 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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