ArticleTechnology in society2023
Digitalization, income inequality, and public health: Evidence from developing countries.
Article in Technology in society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- The associational relationships between multidimensional digital literacy and wage income: evidence from urban-rural heterogeneity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Digital health and health equity: How digital health can address healthcare disparities and improve access to quality care in Africa.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Review
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the awareness and demand of public health worldwide. Based on the panel data of 81 developing countries from 2002 to 2019, this study probes into the effect of digitalization on public health and explores the mechanism through which digitalization affects public health from the perspective of income inequality. The results show that digitalization significantly enhances public health in developing countries, and this conclusion still holds after the robustness test. The heterogeneity analysis based on geographic location and income level indicates that the enhancing effect of digitalization on public health is most evident in Africa and middle-income countries. A further mechanism analysis suggests that digitalization can positively impact public health through the intermediary channel of suppressing income inequality. This study enriches the research on digitalization and public health and provides insights for comprehending public health needs and the powerful empowering effects of digitalization.
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