School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
e-health Institute, School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
J Healthc Eng. 2021 Aug 19;2021:9122021. doi: 10.1155/2021/9122021. eCollection 2021.
Although economic factors account for the digital divide, the effect of economic insecurity on information communication technology (ICT) access has not been determined. The market-oriented reform of Chinese state-owned enterprises in the 1990s resulted in massive layoffs, encouraging us to investigate the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. We draw on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). To handle the endogeneity related to economic insecurity, we use experience in a management position and the number of siblings as instruments for economic insecurity. With the introduction of these two instrumental variables, we find a negative relationship between economic insecurity and ICT access. This study provides insight into ICT policies involving underprivileged people in developing countries.
虽然经济因素导致了数字鸿沟，但经济不安全感对信息通信技术（ICT）接入的影响尚未确定。20 世纪 90 年代，中国国有企业的市场化改革导致了大规模裁员，这促使我们研究经济不安全感与数字鸿沟之间的关系。我们利用中国健康与养老追踪调查（CHARLS）的数据。为了解决与经济不安全感相关的内生性问题，我们使用管理职位经验和兄弟姐妹数量作为经济不安全感的工具变量。引入这两个工具变量后，我们发现经济不安全感与 ICT 接入之间呈负相关关系。这项研究为发展中国家涉及弱势群体的 ICT 政策提供了深入了解。
