We examine the effects of broadband on establishment births for five types of areas, six industries and two speed levels. Econometric results indicate that broadband has an overall positive effect in larger, medium and small urban centres and in periurban areas but has little or no impact in rural areas. However, industry-level analyses show that broadband can foster establishment births in rural areas in some industries, including selected knowledge-intensive industries. Finally, there are no great differences between the impacts of basic and fast broadband, except in larger urban centres with a higher skilled workforce able to use sophisticated applications.

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宽带在何时、何地、为哪些行业培育企业诞生？

我们研究了宽带对五类地区、六种行业和两种速度水平的企业诞生的影响。计量经济学结果表明，宽带在大、中、小城市中心和城郊地区具有总体积极影响，但在农村地区影响很小或没有影响。然而，行业层面的分析表明，宽带可以促进农村地区某些行业的企业诞生，包括选定的知识密集型行业。最后，基本宽带和快速宽带的影响之间没有很大差异，除了在较大的城市中心，拥有更高技能的劳动力能够使用复杂的应用程序。