When is cheap, cheap enough to bridge the digital divide? Modeling income related structural challenges of technology diffusion in Latin America

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 756-770

  Hilbert, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b United Nations Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Household spending; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Internet; Latin America; Mexico; Public access

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PRICE DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; URUGUAY;

EID: 77949872808     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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