Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa
| dc.rights.license | open | en_US |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques [BSE] | |
| dc.contributor.author | GIROLLET, Damien
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-15T16:55:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-15T16:55:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-30 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0954-1748 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | oai:crossref.org:10.1002/jid.3860 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/187176 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | AbstractThis paper investigates digital inequalities in usage within African informal sectors. In particular, we examine whether the uneven digital diffusion is embedded in pre‐existing socio‐economic inequalities. After identifying three segments of informal firms, we rely on multivariate and decomposition analyses to identify predictors of usage of digital technologies for business purposes and explain usage gaps between segments. Our findings suggest that digital inequalities are rooted in the vertical heterogeneity of informal sectors, with some firm characteristics significantly predicting professional use of digital technologies. In addition, we find that there are both common and segment‐specific levers for addressing digital inequalities between informal firms. | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.source | crossref | |
| dc.subject | Digital technology | |
| dc.subject | Informal sector | |
| dc.subject.en | Africa | |
| dc.subject.en | Digital divide | |
| dc.subject.en | ICT | |
| dc.title.en | Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/jid.3860 | en_US |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | D - Microeconomics::D2 - Production and Organizations::D22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O1 - Economic Development::O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O3 - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights::O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O5 - Economywide Country Studies::O55 - Africa | en_US |
| bordeaux.journal | Journal of International Development | en_US |
| bordeaux.page | 1-31 | en_US |
| bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques / Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE) - UMR 6060 | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | Université de Bordeaux | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | CNRS | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | INRAE | en_US |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | en_US |
| bordeaux.inpress | non | en_US |
| bordeaux.import.source | dissemin | |
| hal.identifier | hal-04395947 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.date.transferred | 2024-01-15T16:55:25Z | |
| hal.popular | non | en_US |
| hal.audience | Internationale | en_US |
| hal.export | true | |
| workflow.import.source | dissemin | |
| dc.rights.cc | CC BY-NC-ND | en_US |
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