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Knowledge Opportunities and ICT – A Middle Income Country Experience between Growth and Inequality

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  • Imbriani, Cesare

    (Università La Sapienza, Istituto di Economia e Finanza)

  • Morone, Piergiuseppe

    (Università di Foggia - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Matematiche e Statistiche)

Abstract

Empirical evidence shows a growing absolute gap between rich and poor people throughout the world. Such growing income differences are the outcome of significant inequalities of opportunities. In this paper we focus on the opportunities provided (or denied) to access knowledge embedded in new information and communication technologies (ICT). We concentrate specifically on knowledge and ICT, as we share the view that one of the ways to improve economic and social conditions in a global environment is through access to crucial knowledge – denying access to such growth inputs might substantially contribute to the perseverance of income inequality. We substantiate this view through the case of Chile, a country that experienced a secular trend of growing income inequality (and polarisation) closely connected to unequal access to education (both in terms of quantity and quality), which risks being magnified by unequal access to ICT. This paper endorses the view that such structural bottlenecks might constrain the possibility to effectively connect new communication technologies to economic growth.

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  • Imbriani, Cesare & Morone, Piergiuseppe, 2007. "Knowledge Opportunities and ICT – A Middle Income Country Experience between Growth and Inequality," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 60(4), pages 489-516.
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    Keywords

    Knowledge; ICT; Inequality; Chile;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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