![]() Adding education (human capital) to people is like purchasing new machinery (physical capital) for factories. ![]() To imagine what we mean by human capital, please think of a person as you would a factory. It also depends on home computer access: Our Bottom Line: Human CapitalĪs a source of remote learning and unlimited information, internet access helps to increase our stock of human capital. Similar to global statistics, income relates to connectivity in the U.S.: states, close to 30 percent or more of the population has no broadband access:Īt the same time, these 10 states have the highest proportion of connectivity: At the other end, at 2 percent, my own state, New Jersey, and also Connecticut have the most internet access: states with the least connectivity is topped by Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. has internet inequality that reflects a geographical and income divide. With South Korea and Germany at the top, Pakistan starts much later and remains far below the world average: Looked at a bit differently, you can see some higher speed internet history. ![]() Meanwhile, in countries including Australia, the U.S., and Canada, the numbers are between 80 and 100 users per 100 people: In much of Africa, there are just 0 to 20 internet users per 100 inhabitants. ![]() More precisely, the internet access numbers are close to 87 percent in the developed world, down to 47 percent in developing countries, and 19 percent in those that are least developed.īelow, dark blue indicates the connected part of the world while the red countries are not. But in countries like Brazil and Mexico, there is a huge divide between the haves and have nots. Moving around the world, you would see advanced nations with widespread internet access while in developing nations, less than one half of the population is connected. If the coronavirus again makes remote learning a necessity, then we will become ever more aware of the “homework gap.” Growing larger as internet access diminishes, the “homework gap” relates to geography and income.
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