Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an increasing role in modern knowledge-based societies both in the working environment and in private life. In the future “Gigabit-Society” information will be realtime and almost everywhere available. However, only modern telecommunication technologies ensure a rapid and secure access to the global knowledge resources. Against this background, the study aims to analyse the effect of fast internet access on the development of various individual outcome variables such as training participation, non-cognitive and social skills, job matching, and entrepreneurial ability.
The effect of access to fast internet on the above-mentioned individual outcomes will be analysed by multivariate methods on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
German Socio-Economic Panel.
Presentation of the results at the Conference „HOMO DIGITALIS - Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft?“ which will take place on 26.05.2011 in Berlin
Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck and Ludger Wößmann: Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforseeable Technological Mistake, CESifo Working Paper 3469, May 2011 (PDF)
"Symposium: Homo Digitalis - Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft?", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (12), 2011, 03 ( Abstract )
Schwaderer, Hannes, "Symposium: Homo Digitalis – Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft? Symposium: Homo Digitalis – Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft? Potenzial erkennen, Skepsis verringern – die Gesellschaft und ihr Verhältnis zu den digitalen Medien", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (12), 2011, 04-06 ( Abstract )
Wieland, Robert A., "Symposium: Homo Digitalis – Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft? Die Digitale Spaltung – eine Bestandsaufnahme", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (12), 2011, 07-09 ( Abstract )
Wößmann, Ludger, Oliver Falck and Stefan Bauernschuster, "Symposium: Homo Digitalis – Zerrüttet das Internet unsere Gesellschaft? Kein Grund für Innovationsfeindlichkeit und Kulturpessimismus: Das Internet erodiert nicht die Grundlagen unserer Gesellschaft", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (12), 2011, 10-12 ( Abstract )
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