The Age-Divide in E-Government - Data, Interpretations, Theory Fragments
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چکیده
14 of the world's 15 ‘oldest’ countries (largest percentage of people age 65 plus) are to be found in Europe. While E-Government is currently establishing as the most important public sector reform strategy in the EU (Lisbon Agenda), age is a factor which strongly affects EGovernment usage. Under the label of ‘E-Inclusion’ EU policies seeks to solve also age-related digital divide issues. This paper seeks to explore the age-divide in E-Government and discusses 2006 Eurostat data on online service usage. The case of Germany will be given as example.
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