China’s prefectural digital divide: Spatial analysis and multivariate determinants of ICT diffusion

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Highlights：

• We built a conceptual model of digital divide, covering the first, second, and third-order digital divide.

• Spatial differences and geographical cluster characteristics are identified and analyzed.

• The leading determinants of ICT diffusion are urban residential income, gross enrollment ratio, and rural residential income.

• Socio-economic problems, rather than institutions and innovation aspects, have to be solved for ICT diffusion.

摘要

•We built a conceptual model of digital divide, covering the first, second, and third-order digital divide.•Spatial differences and geographical cluster characteristics are identified and analyzed.•The leading determinants of ICT diffusion are urban residential income, gross enrollment ratio, and rural residential income.•Socio-economic problems, rather than institutions and innovation aspects, have to be solved for ICT diffusion.

论文关键词：Digital divide,Prefectural cities,Spatial difference,Cluster,Impact factor

论文评审过程：Received 24 January 2019, Revised 8 November 2019, Accepted 6 January 2020, Available online 23 January 2020, Version of Record 12 March 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102072