Table 2 Vote count of the ICTs—economic performance effect based on main study characteristics.
From: ICTs and economic performance nexus: meta-analysis evidence from country-specific data
Dimension | Variable | Significantly positive | Significantly negative | Insignificant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimates | Studies | Estimates | Studies | Estimates | Studies | ||
Measurement of ICTs | internet | 223 | 32 | 43 | 11 | 109 | 20 |
teledensity | 202 | 30 | 51 | 13 | 159 | 23 | |
ICT_index | 66 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 7 | |
ICT_other | 167 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 8 | |
Development effects | dev_ing | 253 | 35 | 55 | 15 | 219 | 27 |
dev_ed | 171 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 10 | |
dev_both | 234 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 52 | 18 | |
Data type | panel | 535 | 53 | 94 | 18 | 238 | 37 |
time | 94 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 74 | 7 | |
cross | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Total studies | 658 | 61 | 108 | 21 | 316 | 43 | |
