Determinants of the Digital Divide in Russian Regions
https://doi.org/10.25205/2542-0429-2023-23-4-104-120
Abstract
The formation of a digital economy is one of the important stages in the formation of a new technological structure both in the world in general and in Russia in particular. The priority and significance of the development of information and communication technologies is highlighted in a number of strategies and program documents of the Russian Federation. However, the gap between the leading and lagging Russian regions in a number of indicators of the spread and use of digital technologies is very high. In this regard, this study is devoted to the identification and assessment of factors affecting the spread of information and communication technologies and their use by economic entities, with the aim of reducing the existing level of digital inequality. The analysis of panel data for Russian regions, covering the time period from 2017 to 2021, showed that regions with a higher level of human capital development and a younger population have advantages in the development of the digital economy, which are long-term. The efforts of the state in the form of subsidies, as well as investments in the digital economy in the form of costs for information and communication technologies, are significant primarily for the public service sector and the population and do not have a noticeable impact on the digitalization of business.
Keywords
digital divide,
information and communication technologies (ICT),
regional development,
panel data analysis
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the plan of research work of IEIE SB RAS, project “Theory and methodology of research into sustainable development in the economic sector of high-tech and science-based companies in the context of global external challenges, technological, organizational, and institutional shifts”, No. 121040100260-3.
About the Author
A. I. Ivanova
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasiya I. Ivanova, Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Researcher; Associate Professor,
Novosibirsk.
SCOPUS: 57205462346, Web of Science: G-4660-2019.
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