The Impact of Broadband Speed on the Household Income: Comparing OECD and Brics

Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2226899

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“…The results of our empirical research show that internet use in Slovenia is below the EU average, but still high on the global scale. We detected no statistically significant divide as regards the aspect of gender, but determined that household income is an issue that persists in Slovenia, with households in the highest class having almost double the number of internet users compared to the lowest income class, thus showing similar results as other researchers (Rohman & Bohlin, 2013;Weiss et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The first studies on the digital divide showed that access to technology is lower for women, the rural population, older generations, and those with less knowledge and income, which applied to the developed parts of Northern and Western Europe even at the beginning of the 21st century (Van Dijk, (PEW, 2008). On the other hand, newer studies have shown that households in developed countries with fast broadband access have a greater chance of increasing household income (Rohman & Bohlin, 2013). In OECD countries, a 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration can increase GDP growth by 0.9% to 1.5% (Czernich, Falck, Kretschmer & Woessmann, 2011).…”

Section: The Levels Of Digital Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Model of Digital Inequality in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Slovenia

Dečman¹

2017

CEPAR

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The knowledge society defines information technology (IT) as the crucial factor in accessing knowledge today. At the same time, knowledge itself represents the precondition for using technology. This paradox is linked with the concept of digital inequality, which examines the difference between people in society and includes various levels, such as physical access to technology, possession of the skills to use it, social and cultural influences, and relations between and within these levels. Although the phenomenon of digital inequality is at least two decades old, it has an important role even today. The following paper discusses the notion of digital inequality and links it to information technology access and use in the society. Using the results of 1568 questionnaires completed by a representative sample of Slovenian citizens in 2016, it develops a five-level model that indicates the factors influencing the reasons for the inequalities. The results show that the survey misses the top two levels of the model, but indicate that gender differences are diminishing while income differences significantly influence internet availability, digital skills, and IT use. The results suggest changes in policies that countries should implement to achieve digital inclusion for everyone and consequently the highest possible use of IT and the benefits for society that come with it.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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A Model of Digital Inequality in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Slovenia

Dečman¹

2017

CEPAR

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“…Whereas there is large evidence that the transition from analog or zero connectivity to DSL-style connectivity (always on, offering a few Mbit/s) has a strong societal impact, there is lack of data to support the theory that the economic impact increases with further increase of the broadband speed. Available studies show that the most positive effect is attainable when the access speed ranges between 4 and 8 Mbit/s, further increments producing marginal impact [12].…”

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5G and the Internet of EveryOne: Motivation, Enablers, and Research Agenda

Maccari

Karaliopoulos

Koutsopoulos

et al. 2018

2018 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC)

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As mobile broadband subscriptions grow twice as fast as the fixed ones and the Internet of Things comes forth, the 5G vision of the Internet of Everything (people, devices, and things), becomes a substantial and credible part of the near future. In this paper, we argue that the 5G vision is still missing a fundamental concept to realize its societal promise: the Internet of EveryOne (IoEO), i.e., means and principles to overcome the concerns that the current 5G perspective raises for the digital divide and the network neutrality principle. We discuss open-source software and hardware, Community Networks, mobile edge computing and blockchains as enablers of the IoEO and highlight open research challenges with respect to them. The ultimate objective of our paper is to stimulate research with a short-term, lasting impact also on that 50% (or more!) of population that will not enjoy 5G anytime soon. Index Terms-Internet of EveryOne, community networks, 5G, mobile edge computing, network neutrality, community cloud computing. • 1,000-fold increase of the aggregate network capacity coupled with 10-fold decrease of the latency compared to 4G;

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“…OECD’s proportion of global health spending fell from 91 to 81% in nominal terms and from 82 to 72% in PPP terms. The global trend of gains and losses in health spending clearly went in favor of largest emerging markets at the expense of mature, traditional high-income OECD economies ( 23 ). We should not forget that BRIC’s growth alone is not sufficient to explain existing differences.…”

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confidence: 99%

BRIC’s Growing Share of Global Health Spending and Their Diverging Pathways

Jakovljević

2015

Front. Public Health

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The Impact of Broadband Speed on the Household Income: Comparing OECD and Brics

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

A Model of Digital Inequality in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Slovenia

A Model of Digital Inequality in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Slovenia

5G and the Internet of EveryOne: Motivation, Enablers, and Research Agenda

BRIC’s Growing Share of Global Health Spending and Their Diverging Pathways

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