Does the digital economy promote or inhibit income inequality?

Heliyon, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(14), С. e33533 - e33533

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2024

Digitalisation and technological developments are profoundly changing the socioeconomic structure of society people's lifestyles, which may have a significant impact on distribution income among different groups people. This study conducted quantitative investigation into digital economy inequality based skill bias theory. First, empirical model analysis showed that has linear dampening effect there is no non-linear relationship. Then, analyzed mechanisms underlying this relationship, revealed mining remittances suppress in presence economy, while government spending promotes inequality. Finally, heterogeneity indicated suppressive capitalist countries stronger than ex-communist countries. These findings will not only help to achieve social equity, but also provide strategic direction for economic development make dividends more inclusive.

Язык: Английский

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Can Digital Economy Facilitate Household Clean Cooking Fuel Transition? Empirical Evidence from China

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(1), С. 288 - 288

Опубликована: Янв. 2, 2025

Fully harnessing the digital economy to encourage clean transition of household cooking fuel is essential for improving environmental conditions and enhancing human health. To this end, we developed a theoretical framework examine how influences choices empirically investigated these relationships using panel data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) spanning 2014–2020. The results show that accelerates transition, particularly in adoption electricity. These conclusions remain consistent after addressing endogeneity conducting robustness tests. Furthermore, promotional effect exhibits certain heterogeneities, notably more prominent among female heads, as well urban northern regions. Mechanism analysis reveals promoting force primarily driven by increased income, expanded social networks, heightened awareness. findings offer empirical backing utilizing facilitate guide policymakers designing targeted interventions consider regional diversity.

Язык: Английский

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The Role of Digitalization on Carbon Emissions: Spatial DDML Test and Neural Networks Prediction

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

Based on the Chinese provincial panel data from 2011 to 2022, this paper innovatively use spatial double/debiased machine learning (DDML) model, planar and mediating model study effect, mechanisms of digitalization carbon emissions in both local surrounding areas. The empirical studies show that significantly reduces area. Digitalization by promoting transformation energy industrial structure green technological innovation, regions improvement utilization efficiency progress, improve intensification areas thus reducing emissions. Prediction using LSTM neural network shows for 30 provinces China except Tibet 2030, peak dioxide is achievable. For digitally developed regions, or where digitization lagging behind but developing rapidly, can help these achieve with less relatively undeveloped, makes little difference process achieving slowly, due extensiveness provinces, a rebound making put more demand into produce, will increase.

Язык: Английский

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Artificial Intelligence and Wealth Inequality: A Comprehensive Empirical Exploration of Socioeconomic Implications

Technology in Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 102719 - 102719

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Digital Economy, Employment Structure and Labor Share

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(21), С. 9584 - 9584

Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted employment, making it challenging to increase the labor share. However, recent expansion of digital economy has revitalized economic growth and markedly improved productivity. This raises a critical question: can not only boost productivity but also share reduce income inequality? paper explores impact development on share, examining underlying mechanisms at play. Our findings suggest that potential reshape employment structures, leading an in extent this varies across different industries. Furthermore, from industrial chain perspective, created technology spillover effects benefit upstream downstream sectors. In light these findings, is crucial continue fostering address negative impacts future.

Язык: Английский

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Towards Green Development: How Digitalization Solve the Contradiction between Economy and Environment as Well as Ecology

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Digital transition, data-and-tasks crowd-based economy, and the shared social progress: unveiling a new political economy from a European perspective

Technology in Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 102739 - 102739

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Frontier Technology Readiness, Democracy, and Income Inequality in Africa

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 25, 2024

The proliferation of frontier technologies in the Global South has increased over past decade. Despite this development, evidence-based policy recommendations regarding their socioeconomic impacts within context Africa are scarce. This study addresses gap by employing macro data from 39 African countries to investigate impact technology adoption (FTR) on income inequality. Additionally, explores whether democracy serves as a moderator FTR, influencing more equitable distribution. Furthermore, assesses inequality FTR across various thresholds democracy. Results dynamic system GMM estimator reveal that: (i) increases inequality, (ii) democracy, particularly electoral and participatory mitigates (iii) reduces only at higher threshold (0.5 or better). leads conclusion that, without inclusive may impede Africa's social progress agenda widening disparity gap. JEL Codes: D63; O31; O33; O55; Q01

Язык: Английский

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SVNN-ExpTODIM Technique for Maturity Evaluation of Digital Transformation in Retail Enterprises Under Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(6)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

The digital economy has become an important force driving the transformation of old and new forces in China's economy, also provides opportunity for retail enterprises to "overtake" by changing lanes. evaluation maturity plays role their process. Although more are realizing own development, is a complex issue that involves all aspects enterprise management. There still many lack clear strategic goals practical paths, as well effective supporting assessments institutional incentives process transformation, which may further widen level gap between enterprises. multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM). Recently, Exponential TODIM (ExpTODIM) technique was employed cope with MAGDM. single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) presented decision tool characterizing fuzzy information during enterprise. In this study, number (SVNN-ExpTODIM) solve MAGDM under SVNSs. At last, numerical study validate SVNN-ExpTODIM through comparative analysis.

Язык: Английский

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A Literature Review of Digital Economy Measurement Methods and Indexes

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(7)

Опубликована: Июль 17, 2024

The rapid development of the digital economy has posed formidable challenge in accurately measuring its level and impact. This review systematically assesses existing approaches used to measure economy, identifies primary indicators for index construction highlights research gap through a comprehensive literature review. It reviewed relevant articles from Web Science field "Economic Business" 2022 2024. reveals that production efficiency are by scholars gauge levels economy. However, emerges as most frequently adopted approach. Scholars often employ entropy method, Technique Order Preference Similarity Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method Principal Component Analysis (PCA) compute index. Additionally, this also directions future research, emphasizing need novel methods may capture complexity dynamic understanding multifaceted impacts on global economic development.

Язык: Английский

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