The small variation between the coefficients of broadband impact in both specifications suggests the robustness of the following conclusion: an increase in 1 percentage point in broadband penetration would contribute nearly 0.18 percentage points to the employment rate. Of those, it is estimated that broadband deployment, which reached a penetration of 9.78 per cent, contributed in 1.76 percentage points to the employment rate, which amounts to the creation of 114,426 direct and indirect jobs. As more women entered the labor force the average schooling years of the population increased but also increased the number of women unemployed looking for jobs.