Digital inequality: A five country comparison using microdata

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1135-1155

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Zavodny, Madeline ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Digital inequality; Information technology; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447504460     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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