Authors
Nayyar,Gaurav, Pleninger,Regina, Vorisek,Dana Lauren, Shu Yu
- DOI
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10941
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/02
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Digitalization and Inclusive Growth : A Review of the Evidence
- Originating Unit
- Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
- Pages
- 43
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Jobs And Growth Research -- P507244
- Series Name
- Policy Research working paper; RRR; PROSPERITY;
- Unit Owning
- ProsperityChiefEcoAnalyticalTeam (EFIAT),People - Chief Economist Office (GGHCE)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction 4
- The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 reviews the evidence on digitalization and productivity growth, with a focus on the channels on whether the use of digital technologies has enabled better matching of demand and supply, inc... 8
- 2. Digitalization and productivity growth 9
- 2.1 Does digitalization enable better matching of supply and demand? 9
- 2.2. Does digitalization increase the efficiency of business processes? 10
- 2.3. Does digitalization increase capital accumulation? 12
- 3. Digitalization, employment, and wages 13
- 3.1 Does automation reduce the demand for labor? 13
- 3.2 Does automation increase job polarization? 15
- 4. Digitalization and access to markets 17
- 4.1. Does digitalization improve the pass-through of market prices for producers and consumers in rural areas? 17
- 4.2. Does digitalization improve market access for small firms? 17
- 4.3. Does digitalization expand financial inclusion? 18
- 5. Digitalization and public finance 19
- 5.1 Does digitalization improve the delivery of public services? 20
- 5.2 Does digitalization enhance government revenue collection? 21
- 6. Conclusion 22