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The Impact of Broadband on Economic Activity in Rural Areas: Evidence from German Municipalities

This paper investigates the impact of broadband availability on economic activity as measured by local employment rates. Using panel data on broadband coverage in 8,460 West German municipalities for the period from 2005 to 2009, we find, in fixed effectsregressions, an overall positive, but economically rather limited, relationship between local employment and local broadband infrastructure. The effect is larger in rural municipalitiesand is likely to stem from the service sector.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 166

Classification: Wirtschaft
Telecommunications
Economic Development: General
Development Planning and Policy: General
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

Subject: Broadband
local economic development
local employment

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Fabritz, Nadine

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

(where): Munich

(when): 2013

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84188

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Fabritz, Nadine
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

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