Does broadband infrastructure really affect consumption of rural households? – A quasi-natural experiment evidence from China

Jianxiang, Wan; Nie, Changteng; Zhang, Fan

doi:10.1108/caer-12-2020-0303

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“…The second and third batches appeared in 2015 and 2016, respectively. “Broadband China” strategy is of great significance to the popularization of the Internet ( Wan et al, 2021 ). Therefore, we excluded research samples after 2014.…”

Section: Empirical Analytic Strategies and Estimation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How does the Internet enhance the subjective well-being of elderly individuals in China?

Dong

Meng²,

Chen³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Although several studies have explored the relationship between the Internet and elderly individuals, little is known about whether and how the Internet affects elderly individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB) from multiple perspectives. This study examines the effects of the Internet on physical satisfaction and life satisfaction and explores the potential mechanisms by which the Internet produces its effects on elderly individuals. Using nationally representative data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS), this study finds that the Internet has a significant positive impact on physical satisfaction and life satisfaction of the elderly in China. The mechanism analysis shows that the Internet can improve the level of health insurance participation, which we interpret as potential mechanisms through which the Internet positively affects physical satisfaction among elderly individuals. Correspondingly, the Internet affects life satisfaction of elderly individuals by influencing social networks. Further heterogeneity tests find that the effect is stronger for urban areas, male and high human capital samples. This study highlights the important micro effects of the Internet and provides a reference for exploring the mechanism of the Internet affecting SWB.

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Section: Empirical Analytic Strategies and Estimation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How does the Internet enhance the subjective well-being of elderly individuals in China?

Dong

Meng²,

Chen³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…This study contributes to the related literature in three ways. First, existing studies have primarily examined the impact of digital economy development on rural labor force employment from the perspective of application effects such as Internet use, digital infrastructure, and digital technology application [12][13][14][15]. However, minimal research has been carried out to investigate the impact of DS on the employment choices of rural labor.…”

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Digital Revolution and Employment Choice of Rural Labor Force: Evidence from the Perspective of Digital Skills

et al. 2023

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The practical implementation of the employment promotion effect of the digital economy is closely linked to rural laborers’ digital skills (DS). Therefore, this study uses the Mprobit model to empirically test the impact of DS on rural labor employment choices. The results show that: (1) the acquisition of DS by the rural labor force significantly increases the rate of off-farm employment and entrepreneurship but has no significant effect on farm employment, with work skills having the most significant positive impact on the rural labor force off-farm employment and online business skills having the most significant positive impact on rural labor force entrepreneurship. (2) The mechanism test reveals that DS influences the employment choices of the rural labor force by alleviating the information access constraint and financing constraints faced by rural labor. (3) Heterogeneity analysis shows that males and rural laborers in rich regions can benefit from entrepreneurship. In contrast, females and low-skilled and rural laborers in middle and poor regions can benefit more from off-farm employment. Our findings provide empirical evidence on effectively cultivating DS to increase the diversity of employment choices for the rural workforce and highlight the importance of improving DS.

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“…As of 2021, the Broadband China pilot has covered several provinces and cities across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Chongqing, Tianjin, and other cities. Meanwhile, the Chinese government is increasing investment in broadband network construction and accelerating the pace of broadband network popularization (Wan et al, 2021).…”

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Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

Tan,

Yang,

Irfan

et al. 2023

Bus Strat Env

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Low‐carbon sustainable development is considered an essential strategy for achieving economic growth and environmental protection, requiring a fundamental transformation of the industrial structure, including developing clean technologies, promoting energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable production and consumption patterns. Simultaneously, the evolving digital economy is acknowledged as an essential driver in optimizing the industrial structure. Therefore, can digital economy development reshape the industrial structure and lead to low‐carbon sustainable development? The main purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of industrial structure upgrading in the relationship between the digital economy and low‐carbon development. Its ultimate purpose is to explore more possible paths to achieve low‐carbon development. This paper builds a regression model based on the data of cities. We found that digital economic development can directly promote low‐carbon sustainable development, a conclusion that still holds after endogeneity discussion and robustness testing. Additionally, digital economy development can promote industrial structure upgrading and thus promote low‐carbon sustainable development, meaning that industrial structure upgrading is an effective mechanism for digital economy development to promote low‐carbon sustainable development. This paper provides empirical evidence for the positive environmental externalities of digital economic development and establishes a basic research framework of “digital economic development → industrial structure upgrading → low‐carbon sustainable development.”

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Does broadband infrastructure really affect consumption of rural households? – A quasi-natural experiment evidence from China

Cited by 31 publications

References 36 publications

How does the Internet enhance the subjective well-being of elderly individuals in China?

How does the Internet enhance the subjective well-being of elderly individuals in China?

Digital Revolution and Employment Choice of Rural Labor Force: Evidence from the Perspective of Digital Skills

Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

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