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We evaluate the effects of bundling demand for broadband internet by K-12 schools. In 2014, New Jersey switched from decentralized procurements to a new procurement system that bundled schools into four regional groups. Using an event study approach, we find that, on average, prices for participants decreased by one-third, and broadband speed purchased increased sixfold. We bound the change in…

We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female-owned firms than in male-owned firms. Results…

On Monday 20 May 2024 at 10:00-11:00 IST (04:30-05:30 UTC) the Internet Society (ISOC) India Bengaluru Chapter hosts a Webinar ‘Cyber Hygiene: Keeping Your Digital World Clean and Secure‘. SPEAKER Sheikh Raashid Javid – CEI, MCT, CCIO, CCAI,Cyber Mentor, CopConnect-NSD HOST/MODERATOR Vijay Kumar, Co-Lead, Digital Safety and Privacy Committee, ISOC Bengaluru Chapter LIVESTREAM…

A widespread approach to measuring the innovative capacity of companies, sectors, and regions is the analysis of patents and trademarks or the use of surveys. In emerging digital technologies this approach may, however, not be sufficient for mapping technology diffusion. This applies to blockchain technology which is in essence, a decentralized and distributed database (management system) that is…

This paper investigates whether social media access is associated with increased probability or intensity of ethnic conflict in Myanmar. In this context most people use mobile phones, and particularly the Facebook app, to access the internet. To distinguish the effects of social media from those of the broader internet, I exploit geographic variation in mobile phone coverage as a proxy for…