Race and the digital divide

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-194

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Internet; Race; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444280541     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: 15380645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0645.1263     Document Type: Review

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