Effects of the internet, mobile, and land phones on income inequality and The Kuznets curve: Cross country analysis

Nguyen, Canh Phuc; Schınckus, Chrıstophe; Thanh, Su Dinh; Ling, Felicia Chong Hui

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102041

Cited by 62 publications

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“…However, the results show that the square of GDP has no effect on income inequality, showing that the Kuznets hypothesis is not valid in our study. This finding is consistent with the finding of Canh et al (2020) who examined the determinants of income inequality through Kuznets theory. It is important to note that our findings contradict Le et al (2020) who examined the influence of export diversification on income inequality in 90 countries over the period 2002–2014 and revealed the presence of Kuznets theory.…”

Section: Empirical Results and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Han

Dossou

et al. 2021

African Development Review

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The motivation for this study stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and their impact by 2030. The UN highlights 17 SDGs that address pertinent local and global issues, one of which-SDG-10-has been devoted to reducing inequality. This study investigates the nexus between trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), and income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa using panel data from 2000 to 2015 and the generalized method of moment (GMM) technique approach. The findings show that FDI and income have a negative, statistically significant relationship with income inequality, signifying that as FDI and income per capita increase, the level of income inequality decreases. However, trade openness, education, political stability, corruption, and rule of law have a positive, statistically significant relationship with inequality. This study, therefore, offers some recommendations that will help policymakers. First, develop good policies to attract more foreign investors, which will contribute to creating employment opportunities in the region. Second, create more infrastructures to provide good quality education. Third, implement a good policy to motivate local production which will contribute to creating jobs. Fourth, build a strong institution(s) to fight against corruption.

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Section: Empirical Results and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Han

Dossou

et al. 2021

African Development Review

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“…Similarly, Adams and Akobeng (2021) and Adeleye et al (2019) also provide empirical evidence in the case of Africa to show that quality governance provides a conducive setting to propel sectors such the telecommunication, finance, and hospitality to reduce income inequality. Finally, studies such as Xu et al (2021) and Canh et al (2020) argue that the weak institutional fabric of the developing world worsens income inequality. Overall, a conspicuous lacuna in the literature survey reveals that the tourism development-governance pathway towards the equalisation of incomes, especially in the developing world, has not been explored.…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards the quest to reduce income inequality in Africa: is there a synergy between tourism development and governance?

Ofori

Dossou

Akadırı³

2022

Current Issues in Tourism

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Despite the growing attention on the tourism development-income inequality nexus, a conspicuous gap in the literature is that rigorous empirical works examining how good governance moderates the relationship is hard to find. Anchoring on the trickle-down theory and the tourism-led growth hypothesis, this study fills this void in the literature based on data for 48 African countries for the period 1996 -2020. We provide strong evidence robust to several specifications from the GMM estimator to show that, though unconditionally both tourism development and governance reduce income inequality in Africa, the effect of the former is amplified in the presence of quality economic, political and institutional governance.Particularly, we find that control of corruption and political are keys for propelling Africa's tourism sector contribute to policymakers' quest of fostering shared prosperity in the continent.Policy recommendations are provided in line with SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 and 3 of Africa's Agenda 2063.

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“…However, whether and how ICT affects wealth inequality is less explored. Owing to the absence of data on the distribution of wealth for enough countries, the existing literature has analysed the effect of ICT on income inequality (Flores, 2003;Jaumotte et al, 2013;Asongu, 2015;Shahabadi et al,2017;Bauer, 2018;Asongu and Odhiambo, 2019;Mushtaq and Bruneau, 2019;Canh et al, 2020). Although a growing number of studies have examined the socio-economic effects of ICT, some research gaps remain.…”

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confidence: 99%