“…However, it could also disrupt welfare and increase social inequality (Morris et al, 2022;Ferrari et al, 2022). Digitalization technology helps create new job opportunities and supports economic growth (Korchagina et al, 2019;Savira & Fahmi, 2020;Mgadmi et al, 2021;Muafi et al, 2021;Sahut et al, 2021;Kasimov et al, 2021;Abeysinghe & Malik, 2021), but it also creates labor market fears and various inequalities (Qureshi, 2019;Yusuf, 2021;Bourguignon, 2022). Although previous studies showed persistent global digital inequality (Ho & Tseng, 2006), the positive impact could still be maximized to reduce the negative impact (Ferrari et al, 2022).…”