A recent working paper found that a 10 percent increase in broadband Internet access among county residents leads to 0.11 fewer suicide deaths per county, a 1.02 percent reduction in suicides overall.

Fact of the Week: Increase in Access to Broadband Internet in American Counties Results in a Decrease in Suicides

A national survey of households making $50,000 or less, all with at least some form of online connectivity, classified 36 percent of respondents as having low digital skills. 39 percent were in the high digital skills category.

Fact of the Week: 36 Percent of Online Households Making $50,000 or Less Are Classified As Having Low Digital Skills

A recent working paper finds that increasing Internet coverage from 0 to 50 percent in home countries increases the subjective well-being of immigrants.

Fact of the Week: Improving Internet Access Positively Affects the Health and Well-Being of First-Generation Immigrants

A recent study concluded that broadband expansion explained 12 percent of the overall reduction in the mortality and readmission rates between 1999 and 2008.

Fact of the Week: Broadband Adoption Explains 12 Percent of the Reduction in Medicare Patients’ Mortality

Fact of the Week: Broadband Adoption Explains 12 Percent of the Reduction in Medicare Patients' Mortality

A recent study conducted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration found that of the 24 million homes without an internet connection, 58 percent cited a lack of need or interest as the primary reason.

Fact of the Week: 58 Percent of Households Without Internet Cite Lack of Need or Interest As the Reason Why

A recent working paper found that women in Latin America and the Caribbean with internet access had a 5 percent lower rate of job pre-pandemic job loss and about a 4 percent increase in their labor force participation rate than those without internet.

Fact of the Week: Internet Access Reduced Women’s Job Losses in Latin America During COVID-19

Fact of the Week: Internet Access Reduced Women's Job Losses in Latin America During COVID-19

Ad-blocking software decreases traffic to the average website by 0.67 percent for every 1 percentage-point increase in users adopting the technology, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Fact of the Week: Ad-Blocking Software Decreases Traffic to the Average Website by 0.67 Percent For Every 1 Percentage-Point Increase in Users Adopting the Technology

The rise of the Internet has allowed billions of people to access services that would not exist otherwise, while driving the growth of technologies that power them. A new study has attempted to quantify this effect, examining the rate of Internet usage across 76 countries between 1995 and 2016.

Fact of the Week: The Internet Increased the Global Economic Growth Rate by 0.7 Percentage Points Between 1995 and 2016

A new working paper finds that income rank increased by between 6 and 12.3 percent between fathers and sons in Norway after the roll-out of broadband.

Fact of the Week: Regular Internet Usage by Older Adults Reduces Risk of Dementia

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Fact of the Week: Increase in Access to Broadband Internet in American Counties Results in a Decrease in Suicides

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