Internet Adoption Trends during COVID-19
Contrary to popular expectations, internet access does not appear to have accelerated much during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the largest improvement in digitalization during the pandemic was the leap in internet speed among existing users.
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Volume 2023
Issue 001
Publication date: March 2023
ISBN: 9798400238857
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Economics- Macroeconomics , Economics / General , Internet , digitalization , COVID-19
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This paper examines the common perception that internet adoption accelerated globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data show little evidence of a faster expansion of access to internet (extensive margin) across all country income groups but strong evidence of acceleration in the improvement in the quality of connectivity (intensive margin). The data also support that, despite a decline in internet prices over the past decade, affordability of digital services remains a concern for low-income developing countries.
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