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Digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: Analysing cross-country heterogeneity

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of digital divide on income inequality in subSaharan Africa over the period 2004-2016. In applying a finite mixture model (FMM) to a sample of 35 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this study posits that digital divide affects income inequality differently. Our findings show that the effect of digital divide on income inequality varies across two distinct groups of countries, which differ according to their level of globalization. In addition, the study shows that, most globalized countries are more inclined to be in the group where the effect of digital divide on income inequality is negative. The results are consistent to several robustness checks, including alternative measures of income inequality and additional control variables. The study complements that extant literature by assessing linkages between the digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries contingent on cross-country heterogeneity.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/22/064

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Thema
Digital Divide
Income Inequality
Globalization
Finite Mixture model

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ndoya, Hermann
Asongu, Simplice
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
(wo)
Yaoundé
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
2025-03-10T11:43:25+0100

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ndoya, Hermann
  • Asongu, Simplice
  • African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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