TY  - JOUR
AU  - Greenstein,Shane
AU  - Prince,Jeff
TI  - The Diffusion of the Internet and the Geography of the Digital Divide in the United States
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12182
PY  - 2006
Y2  - May 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12182
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12182.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Shane Greenstein
The Elinor and Wendell Hobbs Professor
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL  60208-2013
Tel: 847/467-5672
Fax: 847/467-1777
E-Mail: greenstein@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Jeffrey Prince
Associate Professor
Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
Kelley School of Business
Indiana University
1309 E. Tenth St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-Mail: jeffprin@indiana.edu
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 2006-05-01
AB  - This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and benefits on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several pictures of the Internet's physical presence using some of the current main techniques for Internet measurement. We highlight different economic perspectives and explanations for the digital divide, that is, unequal availability and use of the Internet.
ER  -