Economic growth and broadband access: The European urban-rural digital divide

M. de Clercq, Marijke D’Haese, Jeroen Buysse · 2023 · Telecommunications Policy

Summary. Broadband access drives economic growth differently in European urban and rural regions. Lower-speed broadband boosted growth in both areas but with weaker effects in rural regions. High-speed broadband significantly accelerated rural economic growth while having no impact in cities. Rural high-speed expansion shows increasing returns to scale and represents critical infrastructure for rural development, supporting policies to close the urban-rural digital divide.

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  title   = {Economic growth and broadband access: The European urban-rural digital divide},
  author  = {M. de Clercq and Marijke D’Haese and Jeroen Buysse},
  journal = {Telecommunications Policy},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102579},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102579}
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DOI

10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102579

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Regions

Europe

Categories

broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems, policy

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2026-04-28