Internet and income inequality: A research note

Yongzheng Liu

Economics Bulletin, 2017, vol. 37, issue 4, 2846-2853

Abstract: By using a sample of 51 developed and developing countries, this research note empirically examines the impact of internet diffusion on income inequality. To address the potential endogeneity issue of internet diffusion, I employ lightning density as an instrument for internet diffusion and use an instrumental variable method for the estimations. I find that internet diffusion significantly reduces income inequality. The results are robust across alternative specifications.

Keywords: Internet diffusion; Income inequality; Endogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 L8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-12-04
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