Gender, internet use, and covid-19 in the global south : multiple causalities and policy options / / Jeffrey James

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910616373203321
• Autore: James Jeffrey <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9783031155765; 9783031155758
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (68 pages)
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in Economics
• Disciplina: 616.2414
• Soggetti: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Digital divide; Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Data Sources -- 1.1.2 The STEM Gender Divide: Causes and Remedies -- 1.1.3 Intermediaries, First-Time Users of Mobile Internet and Women´s Digital Skills -- 1.1.4 Cumulative Causation and Countervailing Policy -- 1.1.5 The Learning Process for Girls and Women -- References -- Chapter 2: First Time-Users of the Mobile Internet in the Global South -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Rationale of Separately Studying First-Time Users of the Mobile Internet -- 2.3 The Particular Problems of First-Time Users of the Mobile Internet -- 2.4 Some Policy Implications -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Gender Digital Divide in Mobile Internet Use: Evidence, Explanations and Policy for the Global South -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Main Questions and Data Sources -- 3.3 Research Findings and Explanations -- 3.4 Differential Learning Processes in Digital Skills Between Genders -- 3.5 STEM Learning and the Gender Digital Divide -- 3.6 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 4: Gender, Mobile Internet and COVID-19 in the Global South: Multiple Causalities -- 4.1 The Effects of Mobile Internet on Gender and COVID-19 -- 4.2 From Mobile Internet to Female Well-; Being -- 4.3 From the Mobile Internet to COVID-19 Among Women -- 4.4 From the Mobile Internet to COVID-19 -- References -- Chapter 5: The Digital Use Divide Between Males and Females at Different Levels of Aggregation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Global Level -- 5.3 Regional Level -- 5.4 Country-Level Comparisons -- 5.5 Gender, Literacy and Digital Skills -- 5.6 Digital Skills -- 5.7 Affordability -- 5.8 Relevance -- 5.9 Safety and Security -- 5.10 Intra-country Level -- 5.11 Policy Implications -- References.