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The present article analyzes how the Brazilian recession in 2014 affected internet access at home using annual data between 2012 and 2017 from a large scale, representative household survey by the Regional Center for Studies for the Development of the Information Society (Cetic). Pooled OLS and Probit regression models show that the Brazilian recession had a substantial negative impact on Internet access. We find that, on average, the demand for internet access at home decreased 8% due to the deteriorated economic situation. The data also reveal that regions in which internet access was more widespread suffered a higher percentage decline. Households with lower levels of income and schooling also experience a stronger negative impact on internet access rates due to the crisis.
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This program aims to promote digital inclusion in municipalities with a focus on improving the quality of services and public management, through the installation of networks, public Internet access points, management systems in the public area and training.
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We use a dummy variable: 1 when there is cable TV and 0, otherwise.
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The minimum wage in Brazil is currently around 250 US$.
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Coelho, F.C., Silva, T.C., Ehrl, P. (2019). Internet Access in Brazilian Households: Evaluating the Effect of an Economic Recession. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'19 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 931. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16184-2_68
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