Does investment in broadband infrastructure reduce unemployment? Yes, answer Jayakar
and Park, reviewing broadband availability data from the National Broadband Map and
unemployment statistics. Their study covers eight states selected according to a variety of
demographic and economic criteria to represent a range of comparable states. The level of
analysis was the county, and the sample was all 415 counties in the selected states. Jayakar
and Park conclude that counties with better broadband availability had lower unemployment …