Does the digital gap matter? Estimating the impact of ICT on productivity in developing countries

Hawash, Ronia; Lang, Guenter

doi:10.1007/s40822-019-00133-1

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“…Thus, educated people are less likely to find a job, resulting to a decrease of productivity in the long-run and weakening the dynamics of the job creation. These findings confirm also the concluding remarks derived in the studies by Bartelsman et al (2019) and Hawash and Lang (2020) discussed earlier, highlighting that ICT, which can be part of the technological start-up business, can have a considerable positive impact on productivity and economic growth. McArthur and Teal (2002) conducted a micro-data level analysis to explore the impact of corruption on firm performance in 27 African economies using data from the Africa Competitiveness Report in 2000-2001.…”

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“…At the macro level earlier studies found also a positive impact of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth. For instance, Hawash and Lang (2020) using panel data for 76 developing countries over the period 1991 to 2014 found that countries with relatively high intensity of ICT, experience an annual increase in the TFP growth by 0.1 to 0.3 percent compared with countries with modest investment in ICT. This indicates that infrastructure plays a major role on the firm performance and economic growth.…”

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State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

2020

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Long-standing challenges concerning unemployment and the role of government have been the dominant underlying themes in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Effective State-Business Relations (SBRs) comprise a set of highly responsive and public interactions between the state and the business sector. The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics of net job creation rates in Egypt and Turkey, and the role of the SBRs, including various firm characteristics. The analysis relies on firm-level data derived from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys over the period 2008–2013. We implement the weighted ordinary least squares (OLS). Furthermore, we apply an Instrumental Variables (IV) Approach and the Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method for robustness check, to deal with the potential endogeneity issues coming from the self-reported statements and the possible degree of reverse causality between SBRs and the main outcomes of interest. Our findings suggest four major obstacles to SBRs, with constraints of access to finance and credit and political instability being the common major obstacles in the two countries explored. Corruption and lack of proper infrastructure in electricity in Egypt are found to be the next two main obstacles in SBRs, while tax rates and competition from the informal sector are identified as the other two main obstacles in Turkey. The results show that obstacles in SBRs contribute negatively to the net job creation. According to these findings, policy implications include the need to make SBRs operate more efficiently, investments on proper infrastructure and policies that minimize corruption and political instability.

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State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

2020

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“…One of 6 European Commission (EC) priorities is A Europe fit for a digital age whose aim is, among others, fostering digital transformation for the purpose of opening up new opportunities for businesses and enabling a vibrant and sustainable economy [7]. This leads to a necessity for conducting research in the field of efficiency analysis for ICT supporting economic measures, as it was found that their success depends on specific economic factors in every country [8,9,10,11]. Following, the authors wanted to identify the government measures which are contributing to the Croatian ICT sector development by the opinion of ICT experts.…”

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The Impact of Government Measures on Business Development in the ICT sector

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Babić

2021

Int J Ind Eng Manag

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“…Researchers have been extensively studying this phenomenon which stems from a mere access to digital solutions -first level digital divide, to the challenge related to knowledge and skills ensuring the possibility of coping with such solutions -second level digital divide, and inferring benefits from them and weighing tangible results of the use of such solutions -third level digital divide [Scheerder, Van Deursen, Van Dijk, 2017]. Most of the research focuses on the macro level aimed to investigate the factors shaping the digital divide: cross-country [Quibria et al, 2003;Hawash, Lang, 2019] or country [Stump, Gong, Li, 2008;Bilon, Lera-Lopez, Marco, 2010;Afshar, Alam, Taylor, 2019].…”

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From digital divide to consumer adoption of smart city solutions: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

Malchenko¹

2020

Vestnik SPbSU. Management

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The research dedicated to the digital divide has been on the rise over the last three decades, although the individual level of such a phenomenon remains underexplored. This is in line with the citizen-centric trend noted in the research pertaining to consumer reluctance to adopt digital innovations aimed to improve the quality of life as part of smart city solutions. According to studies, consumer participation in development and modification of smart city solutions, for which a city provides the required access and infrastructure, tends to augment their value for consumers thereby boosting their willingness to accept those smart city solutions. By intertwining these research streams, the article explores the factors determining the individual level of digital divide which relates to consumer adoption of smart city solutions through the bibliometric and systematic literature review analysis. The paper aims to propose the antecedents and factors of consumer adoption of smart city solutions based on Motivation, Opportunity, Ability framework underlying the digital divide phenomenon. The results revealed the factors related to motivation, cognition and competence which are to be considered conjointly rather than step-wise. Due to the multifaceted nature of smart city solutions, motivation is triggered by various factors discussed by behavioural, innovation diffusion and technology acceptance theories. By definition, smart city solutions derive from the extant solutions of urban challenges. Hence, competence is related to the previous experience, whereas cognition and willingness to innovate refer to the intention to adopt novel smart city solutions. Theoretically, the study provides propositions to further empirical research in the consumer smart city solutions adoption field. Managerially, it presents the factors to be considered prior to launching smart city solutions.

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Does the digital gap matter? Estimating the impact of ICT on productivity in developing countries

Cited by 39 publications

References 25 publications

State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

State business relations and the dynamics of job flows in Egypt and Turkey

The Impact of Government Measures on Business Development in the ICT sector

From digital divide to consumer adoption of smart city solutions: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

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