@article{f726537c30344d56bdbe319c15c85c86,
title = "Broadband internet and cognitive functioning",
abstract = "We empirically examine the impact of high-speed internet access on cognitive functioning using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey and crystallised and fluid intelligence measures. Leveraging differences in the National Broadband Network rollout across Australia, we find that high-speed internet access causes a decline in crystallised intelligence and that the effects are mediated by social capital and moderated by age and gender. Although no overall effect on fluid intelligence was observed, a decline was noted in young adults. These findings underline the nuanced influence of high-speed internet access on different aspects of cognitive function.",
author = "Klaus Ackermann and \{Awaworyi Churchill\}, Sefa and Russell Smyth",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the two reviewers for their helpful comments. This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley ‐ Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Economic Record published by John Wiley \& Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Economic Society of Australia.",
year = "2023",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1111/1475-4932.12757",
language = "English",
volume = "99",
pages = "536--563",
journal = "Economic Record",
issn = "0013-0249",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "327",
}