Do Human Capital and Economic Development Drive Adoption of Digital Technologies Across Countries? Some Correlational Evidence
Gulnora K. AbdurakhmanovaTashkent State University of Economics, UzbekistanAnastas KhachaturovArletta IsaevaAnton Kostyuchenko
ABI
Abstract
The goal of this study is to explore the relationship between human capital, economic development and the adoption of digital technologies across countries. Using data for 175 countries for the year 2015, we find that human capital and GDP per capita are positively correlation with Digital Adoption Index (DAI). One standard deviation increases in HCI (SD = 0.13) is associated with slightly less than a standard deviation increases in DAI. The policy implications are discussed.