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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of …, financial access is measured with deposit and credit channels while ICT is proxied by mobile phone penetration, internet … empirical evidence is based on Generalized Method of Moments. Policy thresholds are established at which, ICT modulates …
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This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three … inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include …
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This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in … are positive marginal effects from the interaction between remittances and ICT in the FE regressions whereas there are … negative marginal impacts from the interaction between remittances and ICT; (ii) Interactions between remittances and mobile …
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This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … education and lifelong learning to have a positive effect on economic growth. Fourth, ICT indicators do not significantly …
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The study assesses how ICT modulates the effect of inequality on female economic participation in a panel of 42 …, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators are mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and … empirical strategy. The findings show that enhancing ICT beyond certain thresholds is necessary for ICT to mitigate inequality …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic … participation, female unemployment and female employment rates. The engaged ICT variables are: fixed broadband subscriptions, mobile …
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