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Socioeconomic Impacts of Digitisation in Saudi Arabia

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  • Mohamed Neffati

    (Department of Economics, Business School ESC, Sfax University, Tunisia,)

  • Abdessalem Gouidar

    (Department of Economics, Higher Institute of Management, Gabes University, Tunisia)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to measure and analyse the socioeconomic effects of digitisation in Saudi Arabia by using data for the period 1981 2016. Adopting the autoregressive distributed lag and the fully modified least squares approaches, the results reveal significant relationships between the digitisation and socioeconomic variables. Notably, digitisation contributes to the gross domestic product, reduces unemployment, and enhances transparency. Thus, digitisation can be considered a new impetus growth and a powerful instrument of economic diversification that permits the transition to a knowledge-based economy.

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  • Mohamed Neffati & Abdessalem Gouidar, 2019. "Socioeconomic Impacts of Digitisation in Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, vol. 9(3), pages 65-72.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ1:2019-03-5
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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O5 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies

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