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The U.S. Broadband Tribal Gap: An Empirical Evaluation

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  • George S. Ford

    (Chief Economist, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies, Washington, US)

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Broadband availability is generally lower in the Tribal areas of the United States than in other areas and several policies implemented over the years aim to close that gap. Using data on broadband deployment over the years 2014-2020, progress in closing the Tribal Gap is evaluated. Unmatched and matched sample are used, and a sample of census tracts within 30 miles of a Tribal area are also analyzed with and without matching. The gap between Tribal and non-Tribal census tracks has been getting smaller over time and by 2020 the Tribal Gap was near zero in all cases, especially when the deployment differences are conditioned on a few covariates.

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  • George S. Ford, 2024. "The U.S. Broadband Tribal Gap: An Empirical Evaluation," Journal of Regional Economics, Anser Press, vol. 3(1), pages 67-75, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bba:j00009:v:3:y:2024:i:1:p:67-75:d:417
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