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The Global Digital Divide: Evidence and Drivers

The Global Digital Divide: Evidence and Drivers

Frederico Cruz-Jesus (NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Lisbon, Portugal), Tiago Oliveira (NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Lisbon, Portugal) and Fernando Bacao (NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 26 |Issue: 2 |Article: 1 |Pages: 26
ISSN: 1062-7375|EISSN: 1533-7995|EISBN13: 9781522542179|DOI: 10.4018/JGIM.2018040101
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Cruz-Jesus, Frederico,et al. "The Global Digital Divide: Evidence and Drivers." JGIM vol.26, no.2 2018: pp.1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.2018040101

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Cruz-Jesus, F., Oliveira, T., & Bacao, F. (2018). The Global Digital Divide: Evidence and Drivers. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 26(2), 1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.2018040101

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Cruz-Jesus, Frederico and Tiago Oliveira, and Fernando Bacao. "The Global Digital Divide: Evidence and Drivers," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) 26, no.2: 1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.2018040101

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Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the global digital divide, based on data collected from 45 countries, including the ones belonging to the European Union, OECD, Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). The analysis shows that one factor can explain a large part of the variation in the seven ICT variables used to measure the digital development of countries. This measure is then used with additional variables, which are hypothesised as drivers of the divide for a regression analysis using data from 2015, 2013, and 2011, which reveals economic and educational imbalances between countries, along with some aspects of geography, as drivers of the digital divide. Contrary to the authors' expectations, the English language is not a driver.

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