Journal Article
Upfront: New from the Richmond Fed's Regional Matters Blog
Mullen, Katrina N. (2022-04)
New from the Richmond Fed’s Regional Matters blog
Econ Focus , Issue 2Q , Pages 3

Discussion Paper
The End of the Digital Divide? The Future of Broadband Post-Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Scavette, Adam (2022-03-03)
Regional Matters

Journal Article
Closing the Digital Divide: Digital connections have become more important in a time of social distancing, but rural broadband access still lags behind cities.
Sablik, Timothy (2020-07)
Econ Focus , Issue 2/3Q , Pages 8-11

Discussion Paper
Rural Spotlight: Bringing Broadband to Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Marre, Alexander W.; Nikolov, Alexander (2021-07-15)
Regional Matters

Discussion Paper
Digital Access Deficiencies in Rural Health Care Deserts: Identifying a Role for Telehealth
Scavette, Adam; Sanchez, Alvaro (2024-10-31)
Telehealth, defined as digital access to health care services, has become increasingly used by American patients since the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that many rural communities in the United States face lower access to health care relative to urban communities, telehealth offers a potential opportunity to support health care access in these underserved areas. In particular, telehealth can partly help offset fewer hospitals and health care professionals per capita in rural areas compared to their metropolitan counterparts. However, the digital divide in access to broadband and digital devices ...
Regional Matters

Working Paper
Every Little Bit Counts: The Impact of High-speed Internet on the Transition to College
Goodman, Sarena; Dettling, Lisa J.; Smith, Jonathan (2015-12-01)
This paper investigates the effects of high-speed Internet on students' college application decisions. We link the diffusion of zip code-level residential broadband Internet to millions of PSAT and SAT takers' college testing and application outcomes and find that students with access to high-speed Internet in their junior year of high school perform better on the SAT and apply to a higher number and more expansive set of colleges. Effects appear to be concentrated among higher-SES students, indicating that while, on average, high-speed Internet improved students' postsecondary outcomes, it ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2015-108

Funding to address broadband gaps in the Eleventh District
De Leon, Marycruz; Huhn, Kassandra; Kalkunte, Prithvi; Zhang, Xiaohan (2024-05-20)
This article examines Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act funding distribution in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Dallas Fed Communities