Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain
Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain
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西班牙互联网接入和使用的需求
DOI：
10.1007/3-7908-1746-5_18
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
Teodosio Pérez Amaral
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作者：
Leonel Cerno;Teodosio Pérez Amaral
本文的目的是分析一个新现象：西班牙的互联网需求。为此，我们使用新的高质量数据集和先进的计量经济学技术来估计互联网需求函数，并结合个人的社会人口特征。我们首先对数据进行图形分析，寻找不同特征之间的关系。然后，我们指定并估计两种计量经济模型，一种用于家庭宽带接入，另一种用于互联网使用强度。我们发现 25.2% 的西班牙人口在家中访问互联网，但只有不到一半的人使用宽带连接。这种需求与收入和其他技术属性正相关，与栖息地和年龄等社会人口属性负相关。我们的结果与其他国家以前的文献一致，尽管有一个重要的区别：宽带互联网连接在西班牙仍然被视为奢侈品。
The aim of this paper is to analyse a new phenomenon: Internet demand in Spain. To do so, we use a new high quality data set and advanced econometric techniques for estimating internet demand functions, incorporating the socio-demographic characteristics of individuals. We begin with a graphic analysis of the data, searching for relationships between the different characteristics. Then we specify and estimate two econometric models, one for broadband access at home and another for internet use intensity. We find that 25.2% of the Spanish population accesses the internet at home, but less than half uses broadband connections. This demand is positively related to income and other technological attributes and negatively related to socio-demographic attributes such as habitat and age. Our results are compatible with previous literature for other countries, although there is an important difference: broadband internet connections are still considered as a luxury good in Spain.