Digitalization, income inequality, and public health: Evidence from developing countries.
Developing countries
Digitalization
Income inequality
Public health
Journal
Technology in society
ISSN: 0160-791X
Titre abrégé: Technol Soc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100972148
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2023
May 2023
Historique:
received:
28
10
2022
revised:
18
02
2023
accepted:
19
02
2023
entrez:
27
2
2023
pubmed:
28
2
2023
medline:
28
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the awareness and demand of public health worldwide. Based on the panel data of 81 developing countries from 2002 to 2019, this study probes into the effect of digitalization on public health and explores the mechanism through which digitalization affects public health from the perspective of income inequality. The results show that digitalization significantly enhances public health in developing countries, and this conclusion still holds after the robustness test. The heterogeneity analysis based on geographic location and income level indicates that the enhancing effect of digitalization on public health is most evident in Africa and middle-income countries. A further mechanism analysis suggests that digitalization can positively impact public health through the intermediary channel of suppressing income inequality. This study enriches the research on digitalization and public health and provides insights for comprehending public health needs and the powerful empowering effects of digitalization.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36845906
doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102210
pii: S0160-791X(23)00015-5
pmc: PMC9943561
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
102210Informations de copyright
© 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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