Race and Broadband Adoption: A Decomposition Analysis

George S. Ford
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As governments push for universal adoption of broadband Internet service, policies must address the fact that many households with access to the service do not to subscribe to it. Lower adoption rates in some minority communities are one cause for concern. A confounding factor with respect to race is that it is often correlated with income, education, and other factors that drive Internet adoption in the home. Do these differences in socio-economic resources fully explain the difference in adoption rates? In this BULLETIN, I decompose the effects of socio-economic factors on broadband adoption distinct from the effects of race. My analysis finds that differences in socio-economic resources like income and education do relatively little to explain the differences in adoption among racial groups. The demand for broadband appears to be influenced by unobserved factors correlated with race. It appears, therefore, that addressing the lack of adoption of the Internet at home may require remedial measures targeting specific minority groups rather than uniform policies that address socio-economic resources like income.
种族和宽带采用:一个分解分析
随着各国政府推动宽带互联网服务的普遍采用,政策必须解决这样一个事实,即许多可以使用这项服务的家庭不愿意订阅它。一些少数族裔社区较低的采用率是令人担忧的一个原因。种族方面的一个混淆因素是,它通常与收入、教育和其他因素有关,这些因素推动了家庭对互联网的采用。这些社会经济资源的差异能完全解释采用率的差异吗?在这篇简报中,我将社会经济因素对宽带采用的影响与种族的影响区分开来。我的分析发现,收入和教育等社会经济资源的差异对解释种族群体之间收养的差异作用相对较小。宽带需求似乎受到与种族相关的未观察到的因素的影响。因此,要解决国内没有采用互联网的问题,似乎需要针对特定少数群体的补救措施,而不是针对收入等社会经济资源的统一政策。
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