abstract: 'There is a vast literature that examines the determinants of the gender

  digital gap in developing countries, and puts forth policy

  recommendations to mitigate it. However, few studies examine how gender

  differences in labor force participation and employment patterns affect

  ICT adoption in general, or Internet use in particular. This matters

  because employment and the types of jobs that men and women do correlate

  with different opportunities to access the Internet and develop digital

  skills, both of which contribute to overall Internet engagement. This

  study contributes to fill this gap by exploring how gender differences

  in employment affect the digital gender gap in four Latin American

  countries. The findings point to differences in employment patterns

  between men and women as the largest single contributor to the gender

  gap in Internet use in these countries, ahead of differences in other

  predictors of Internet use such as income, age and education. Further,

  our results suggest that the correlation between employment and Internet

  use is stronger among women than men, which we attribute to the fact

  that women tend to work in more ICT-intensive sectors (e.g., health

  services and education). Estimates from a decomposition analysis suggest

  that if women were employed at the same rate as men the gender digital

  gap in these countries would be reduced by at least a quarter.'
affiliation: 'Galperin, H (Corresponding Author), Univ Southern Calif, Los Angeles,
  CA 90007 USA.

  Galperin, Hernan, Univ Southern Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA.

  Arcidiacono, Malena, Univ Nacl La Plata UNLP Argentina, La Plata, Argentina.'
article-number: '102166'
author: Galperin, Hernan and Arcidiacono, Malena
author-email: hgalperi@usc.edu
author_list:
- family: Galperin
  given: Hernan
- family: Arcidiacono
  given: Malena
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102166
earlyaccessdate: APR 2021
eissn: 1879-3258
files: []
issn: 0308-5961
journal: TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
keywords: Digital gender gap; Labor markets; Latin America; Decomposition analysis
keywords-plus: 'BROAD-BAND; LABOR-MARKET; INTERNET USE; DETERMINANTS; SKILLS;

  DISCRIMINATION; INEQUALITY; ACCESS'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '45'
papis_id: dda6471743e804f67f83e19ecc0eba49
ref: Galperin2021employmentgender
times-cited: '7'
title: 'Employment and the gender digital divide in Latin America: A decomposition
  analysis'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000675491400006
usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
usage-count-since-2013: '39'
volume: '45'
web-of-science-categories: 'Communication; Information Science \& Library Science;

  Telecommunications'
year: '2021'