Evaluating the Impact of the Presence of Higher Education Institutions on the Spread of Information Technology
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- Abstract
- This paper explores the relationship between a firm’s technology adoption and its proximity to a university. Specifically, I perform a county level analysis where I evaluate the impact of the presence of a university in a county on the average PCs per employee for firms within that county over 1989-2014. I use the Harte Hanks dataset of firm technology usage to attain this measure, and the National Center for Education Statistics dataset on universities. I test my results with additional controls, including education levels, median household income, population density, industry distribution, and the exclusion of large counties. I find that the presence of a university is not significantly correlated with initial adoption of PCs, but is significantly and strongly correlated with the spread of PCs. As PCs get closer to saturation, the presence of a university again becomes unimportant, as similar levels of technology are present across counties.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | May 2018 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Baisiwala, Udai |
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| Primary advisor | Shoven, John |
Subjects
| Subject | Technology |
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| Subject | universities |
| Subject | innovations |
| Subject | school |
| Subject | computers |
| Subject | PCs |
| Subject | technology adoption |
| Subject | Economics |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Baisiwala, Udai. (2018). Evaluating the Impact of the Presence of Higher Education Institutions on the Spread of Information Technology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/vw539nv3865
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