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E-skills and income inequality within European regions
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Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between digital skills of the workforce and income inequalities within regions. By combining three databases - EU-LFS, EU-SILC and ESCO - the analysis studies the relationships between digital skills and income inequalities for an unbalanced panel of 103 Euro... view more
This paper investigates the relationship between digital skills of the workforce and income inequalities within regions. By combining three databases - EU-LFS, EU-SILC and ESCO - the analysis studies the relationships between digital skills and income inequalities for an unbalanced panel of 103 European regions for the period 2003-13. The results show that the relationship between digital skills and inequalities varies substantially across income groups and, in particular, that digitalisation exacerbates inequalities among the less affluent whereas it mitigates them among those with higher income levels.... view less
Keywords
Europe; digitalization; difference in income; inequality; capacity to work
Classification
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
e-skills; income inequalities; European regions; income distribution; EU-LFS; EU-SILC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 919-946
Journal
Industry and Innovation, 30 (2023) 7
Issue topic
The Twin (Digital and Green) transition: Handling the economic and social challenges
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2023.2230222
ISSN
1469-8390
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed