title: Cross-country convergence of broadband Internet access
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Varlamova, Julia A.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Podkorytova, Olga A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-07-07T19:08:42Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-07-07T19:08:42Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Varlamova, J. A. and Podkorytova, O. A. (2023) ‘Cross-country convergence of broadband Internet access’, St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, 39 (2), pp. 159–178. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu05.2023.201 (In Russian)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu05.2023.201
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41732
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Technology diffusion contributes to the technological and economic convergence of countries.
  The rapid spread of Internet technologies creates bases to put forward a hypothesis about
  the convergence of countries in terms of their level of penetration. The purpose of the study is to identify a trend towards convergence or divergence in both fixed and mobile broadband
  for the countries of the world as a whole and for groups of countries identified on the basis
  of the following criteria: geographical (by geographic macro-regions), economic (by national
  income per capita), and institutional (according to membership in an international organization).
  The data sources were the open data of the International Telecommunication Union.
  The research methodology includes the construction of dynamic models on panel data to test
  the hypothesis of the presence of unconditional beta convergence. In addition, the absolute
  scale of the digital divide between groups of countries in terms of broadband Internet access
  was estimated using a sigma convergence model. The results of the study indicate the presence
  of beta convergence for both fixed and mobile broadband. This pattern is observed both for
  the full sample of countries and for geographic regions, with the exception of Oceania. Also,
  beta convergence is typical for groups of countries identified by the level of income per capita
  and participation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. At the
  same time, the results of the study indicate a persistent digital divide between countries in
  terms of Internet broadband penetration. The practical significance includes recommendations
  developed on the basis of the research findings, aimed at implementing a strategy for
  accelerated technological development in order to stimulate the spread of mobile broadband
  access and expand the telecommunications infrastructure.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 23-28-01290. URL: https://
  rscf.ru/project/23-28-01290/
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies;Volume 39; Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital convergence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: broadband
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ICT diffusion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: data infrastructure
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mobile broadband
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fixed broadband
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: beta convergence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: telecommunications infrastructure
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Cross-country convergence of broadband Internet access
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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