The determinants of Internet use controlling for income level: Cross-country empirical evidence

Močnik, Dijana; Širec, Karin

doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2010.01.002

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“…Internet dispersion has coincided with rapid economic development in China since the 1990s, making the relationship between the two an important topic of study in economic geography and dispersion [25]. Concerns over the digital divide have attracted much attention, because the Internet has become an important tool for social development [6].…”

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Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

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As Internet access grows at different rates across regions, the Internet has had variable effects on regional economies through agglomeration and spillover effects. This paper uses province-level panel data from 2000 to 2013 to study inequality in Internet access, its spatial effect on regional economies in China and the channels through which the spillover effects are most evident. We find that the Internet has dispersed quickly from core cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, to coastal provinces; and has had increasingly significant effects on neighboring regions. However, the Internet speed is still comparatively low outside the core cities. We then use endogenous growth models to quantify the effect of Internet access on regional economies. Our results show that, while Internet dispersion is positively associated with economic growth, the spillover effect varies significantly by region and is more pronounced in developed regions. So is the effect of the science and technology environment. Developed regions have benefited the most in the process. The three channels of spillover are listed here in order of relative significance: economy, proximity and urbanization. The spillover effect of the Internet may lead to the divergence of regional economies, working against the national goal of reducing regional inequality.

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Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

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“…Some studies have shown that each year of school raises an individual's wage by 5-7% on average. The percentage depends on the quality of school, education type, and so on, but more highly educated workers are undoubtedly better paid and-unless firms are throwing their money away-more productive, e.g., [37][38][39].…”

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“…The intense local competition motivates them to pursue customers outside their countries. A broader leverage of high investments as well as geographical factors and strategic partnership connections can also stimulate cross border activities [39,44,45].…”

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Determinants of Established Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Activity in Northern and Western Europe

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Močnik²

2018

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For established entrepreneurs from Western European economies (WEEs) and Northern European economies (NEEs), we estimated relationships between firms' innovative activity and their owner-managers' educational level, the firms' international orientation, and their growth aspirations. International orientation proved to be positively and significantly related to innovative activity in both groups, but associations were stronger in NEEs. Established entrepreneurs with higher educational levels are more innovative than those with less education, with an exception for NEEs, where more innovative are entrepreneurs with a secondary instead of a postsecondary degree. Established entrepreneurs with growth aspirations are more innovative only for the NEEs. The empirical results confirm our two hypotheses for both groups of economies, whereas the third hypothesis which suggests that established entrepreneurs with aspirations for growing their firms are expected to be more innovative is confirmed only for the NEEs.

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“…The results showed that in the group of developed countries, the use / ownership of the phone was influenced by per capita income, the cost of mobile phones, network infrastructure, fixed network, and fixed telephone costs and technology; while in the group of developing countries, telephone installation was affected by the cost of mobile phones, market size, infrastructure, technology, and technological innovation. Mocnik and Sirec (2010) found that the strongest positive and most significant impact on internet use was ICT infrastructure and poeple capabilities, followed by income distribution, and investment and international trade.…”

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The Demand of Services for Information Technology Industry in Indonesia

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Ernawati

Adam

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This research has a goal for analyzing determinant demand of telecommunication services either mobile phone or internet in Indonesia. This research uses secondary data of publication result from the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2012-2013 period for 34 provinces in Indonesia. The demand for mobile phone is considered as the function of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the region for dummy while the demand of internet service is the function of mobile phone service request, GDP per capita, proportion of educated society, proportion of the employment, and the region as a dummy. This research also modifies the model by placing the region as a moderating variable on GDP per capita. Furthermore, it is also done by using reduced form (mediation) to estimate the indirect effect on mobile phone ownership towards internet service request. The result of research showed that the demand for mobile phone and internet in Indonesia was influenced by income factor (GDP per capita). Yet In Indonesia, there are still imbalances in adapting the information technology (internet) between the area of Java-Bali and the outside of those areas. The result of research also showed that the demand for the telephone was able to be mediation of internet use. However, some regions (Maluku and Papua) have not optimally exploited mobile phone to access the internet compared to other regions.

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The determinants of Internet use controlling for income level: Cross-country empirical evidence

Cited by 43 publications

References 14 publications

Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

Determinants of Established Entrepreneurs’ Innovative Activity in Northern and Western Europe

The Demand of Services for Information Technology Industry in Indonesia

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