Table 10 Pairwise Dumitrescu and Hurlin panel causality test results.

From: Bridging the digital divide: the impact of technological innovation on income inequality and human interactions

Groups

Null hypothesis

W-bar

Z-bar tilde

P-value

Conclusion

Developed countries

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\,{\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\,\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

2.0921***

3.2873

0.0001

\(\mathrm{ln}\,INE\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,INNO\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\,{\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\,\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.2816***

3.9155

0.0001

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\,{\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\,\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

2.3388***

4.1049

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\,{\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\,\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.3634***

4.1863

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

1.7259**

2.0740

0.0381

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.0485***

3.1431

0.0017

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

0.9041

−0.6493

0.5162

None

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

1.5551

0.9041

0.1316

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

3.1595***

6.8243

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

1.7363**

2.1083

0.0350

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

1.7822**

2.2605

0.0238

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

6.2868***

17.1868

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

1.9840***

2.9293

0.0034

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

2.9213***

6.0350

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

1.2937

0.6418

0.5210

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

5.6243***

14.9918

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

3.2050***

6.9751

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

5.1030***

13.2642

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

1.2794

0.5946

0.5521

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

5.3004***

13.9184

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

2.5406***

4.7737

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

4.3772***

10.8594

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

1.7834**

2.2646

0.0235

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

3.8552***

9.1298

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

2.0028***

2.9915

0.0028

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

1.9517***

2.8223

0.0048

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

1.4525

1.1679

0.2428

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

1.7142**

2.0353

0.0418

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

2.0818***

3.2533

0.0011

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

1.1980

0.3248

0.7453

Developing countries

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

1.692*

1.8648

0.0622

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.115**

3.1948

0.0014

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

3.9635***

8.9208

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.5289***

4.4433

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

3.2246***

6.6147

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

4.3029***

9.9803

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

2.5886***

4.6296

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

3.8201***

8.473

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

1.9085**

2.5071

0.0122

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INE}}\)

2.6973***

4.9689

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

1.9709***

2.6428

0.0082

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

2.6321***

4.6493

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

1.9963***

2.7200

0.0065

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

2.2911***

3.6145

0.0003

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

2.2320***

3.4351

0.0006

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

2.3272***

3.7241

0.0002

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

1.8670**

2.3275

0.0199

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{INNO}}\)

3.0800***

6.0086

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

3.8164***

8.2432

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

2.1790***

3.2744

0.0011

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

3.8729***

8.4148

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

1.3902

0.8805

0.3786

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

2.2619***

3.5260

0.0004

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{HC}}\)

3.9196***

8.5564

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

3.8391***

8.3123

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

4.1082***

9.1289

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

1.8787**

2.3630

0.0181

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GDP}}\)

3.8171***

8.245

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

3.9960***

8.7883

0.0000

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)

\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{EGS}}\)\({\boldsymbol{\nRightarrow }}\)\(\mathrm{ln}\,{\rm{GLO}}\)

0.9352

−0.5000

0.6171

  1. Notes: *, ** and *** denote statistical significance at the 10, 5 and 1% levels, respectively. Source: Authors’ research.