Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320198 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) [ISSN:] 1824-2979 [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 123-164
Publisher: 
University Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Castellanza
Abstract: 
This article examines the link between the digital divide and women's economic participation. We use a cross-sectional model based on a panel of 45 African countries. Our results show that the digital divide (cell phone, bandwidth and Internet) worsens women's economic participation. The negative influence of the digital divide on women's economic participation tends to be amplified in countries with low democracy and in the industrial sector. Our results remain stable when we add cultural variables and when we use the alternative measure of the digital divide. However, after using the quantile regression approach, we find that these influences vary at different intervals along the distribution of women's economic participation.
Subjects: 
Digital divide
Women's economic participation
OLS
Quantile regression
JEL: 
I21
J21
O55
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Document Type: 
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