Digital divide and income inequality: causal evidence from Italian provinces
Angela Stefania Bergantino; Giulio Fusco; Mario Intini; Gianluca Monturano · 2025 · The Annals of Regional Science
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Abstract
Abstract The digital economy can function either as a catalyst to stimulate economic growth or else as a driver of socioeconomic inequality when its benefits are unevenly distributed. This study investigates the effect of rural digital connectivity on income inequality in Italy. Utilizing NUTS 3 panel data spanning 2014–2022, we conduct a counterfactual Difference-in-Differences approach with continuous treatment intensity to estimate the impact of introducing rural broadband coverage at speeds of 30 and 100 Mbps on multiple measures of income distribution, including the Gini, Theil, and Atkin
Abstract by Angela Stefania Bergantino; Giulio Fusco; Mario Intini; Gianluca Monturano, The Annals of Regional Science (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1007/s00168-025-01440-z