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High Speed Internet and the Widening Gender Gap in Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Hospital Records

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dc.contributor.authorFernández Kranz, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNollenberger, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorArenas Arroyo, Esther
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-08T09:09:59Z
dc.date.available2025-04-08T09:09:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the impact of internet access on adolescent’s mental health. Exploiting the exogenous variation in the deployment of optic fiber in different areas of Spain between 2007 and 2019, we find that high-speed internet (HSI) increased mental health diagnoses among girls. Exploring the mechanisms behind this effect, we show that HSI increases addictive internet use while reducing time spent on sleep, homework, and socializing with family and friends, with girls driving all these effects. We also provide evidence that HSI contributes to a significant increase in suicide among adolescents, with the effects again being larger among girls.
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dc.identifier.citationArenas-Arroyo, E., Fernández-Kranz, D., & Nollenberger, N. (2022). High speed internet and the widening gender gap in adolescent mental health: Evidence from hospital records (No. 15728). IZA Discussion Papers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3725
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIZA
dc.relation.departmentEconomics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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dc.subject.keywordHigh-speed internet
dc.subject.keywordAdolescents
dc.subject.keywordMental health
dc.subject.keywordDigital media
dc.titleHigh Speed Internet and the Widening Gender Gap in Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Hospital Records
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