Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions

The effects of Internet education on economic growth are examined using a cross-section of 36 high-income countries. Internet usage rates are employed as a proxy for Internet education across countries. Regression results show that the frequent usage of the Internet has a positive and significant ef...

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Main Authors:	Lawrence Jin, Jang C. Jin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2014-03-01
Series:	Economies
Subjects:	Internet usage rates economic growth human capital schooling convergence hypothesis
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/2/1/78

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spelling	doaj-f783c70702294a9a8d69713bb4f6b2462020-11-24T23:32:13ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992014-03-0121789410.3390/economies2010078economies2010078Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country RegressionsLawrence Jin0Jang C. Jin1College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USADepartment of Economics, George Mason University-Korea, Songdo Global Campus, Incheon 406-840, KoreaThe effects of Internet education on economic growth are examined using a cross-section of 36 high-income countries. Internet usage rates are employed as a proxy for Internet education across countries. Regression results show that the frequent usage of the Internet has a positive and significant effect on economic growth. The estimated growth effect of Internet skills is also found to be greater than the growth effect of math and science skills. The results are, in general, robust across model specifications.http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/2/1/78Internet usage rateseconomic growthhuman capitalschoolingconvergence hypothesis
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title	Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions
title_short	Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions
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description	The effects of Internet education on economic growth are examined using a cross-section of 36 high-income countries. Internet usage rates are employed as a proxy for Internet education across countries. Regression results show that the frequent usage of the Internet has a positive and significant effect on economic growth. The estimated growth effect of Internet skills is also found to be greater than the growth effect of math and science skills. The results are, in general, robust across model specifications.
topic	Internet usage rates economic growth human capital schooling convergence hypothesis
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Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions

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