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Adoption and Use of ICTs among Rural Youth: Evidence from Greece

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  • George Alexopoulos

    (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)

  • Alex Koutsouris

    (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)

  • Irene Tzouramani

    (National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece)

Abstract

In the last few decades, within the rhetoric of the “information age”, there is a growing enthusiasm for the (potential) benefits of the dissemination of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This is further enhanced through eGovernment projects undertaken on a worldwide scale. However, a number of issues seem to defy such optimism as far as rural areas are concerned. The critical review of such issues question the thesis that ICTs undoubtedly benefit (human) development. In particular, this paper, drawing on data from a large-scale survey in Greece, identifies the marginal effects of a series of demographic, socioeconomic and spatial characteristics, and information sources on PC and Internet use on the part of young rural inhabitants, especially farmers. The results, pointing toward an emerging intra-rural digital divide, are consequently discussed vis-à-vis eGovernment projects, from the point of view of human development.

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  • George Alexopoulos & Alex Koutsouris & Irene Tzouramani, 2010. "Adoption and Use of ICTs among Rural Youth: Evidence from Greece," International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), IGI Global, vol. 2(3), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jicthd:v:2:y:2010:i:3:p:1-18
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    1. Carolyn Afolami & Abiodun Obayelu & Ignatius Vaughan, 2015. "Welfare impact of adoption of improved cassava varieties by rural households in South Western Nigeria," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Botsiou, Maria & Dagdilelis, Vassilios & Koutsou, Stavriani, 2018. "The Greek farmers' ICT skills and the intra-rural digital divide formation," Agricultural Economics Review, Greek Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 0(Issue 1).

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