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Are Mass Media and ICTs Associated with Inequality and Poverty?

In: Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting

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  • Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

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This paper examines associations of mass media and information and communications technologies (ICTs) with inequality and poverty. It has been found that newspaper circulation has a robust negative association with inequality. Radios and TVs also have a negative association with poverty. ICT expenditures (as a percentage of GDP) have a negative association with poverty. An ICT index is constructed which also has a negative association with poverty. An instrumental variable analysis confirms the robust negative association between newspaper circulation and inequality.

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  • Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, 2014. "Are Mass Media and ICTs Associated with Inequality and Poverty?," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting, volume 22, pages 185-216, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reinzz:s1049-258520140000022005
    DOI: 10.1108/S1049-258520140000022005
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    1. Sorin-Iulian CIOACA & Adrian ENCIU, 2018. "Assessing The Effects Of The Ict Sector Development In The European Union," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 12(1), pages 174-187, November.
    2. Amien Makmuri, 2017. "Infrastructure and inequality: An empirical evidence from Indonesia," Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, Universitas Islam Indonesia, vol. 9(1), pages 29-39, April.

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    Keywords

    Information and communications technologies; mass media; economic development; poverty; inequality; D30; D80; O1; O57;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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