Network Infrastructure Construction and Digital Public Service Applications——Evidence from the Broadband China Pilot Policy
Enhancing the application of digital public services is an important path to promote the sharing of development dividends among the whole society.Based on the panel data of 271 cities from 2011 to 2019,this paper build a multi-period DID model using the Broadband China pilot policy to empirically test the impact of network infrastructure on the digital public service applications.The study founds that:Network infrastructure construction can effectively improve the application of digital public services.The impact of network infrastructure on digital public service applications can be achieved by accelerating the progress of digital technology,improving the level of talent gathering,and enhancing government public interaction Heterogeneity results show that in the eastern region,as well as in cities with higher innovation and entrepreneurship vitality,and stronger promotion incentives for officials,the construction of network infrastructure has more obvious effects on the digital public service applications.In addition,the construc-tion of network infrastructure can effectively narrow the gap in the application of digital public services among cities.The conclusions of this article provide policy inspiration for the government to promote the construction of network infrastructure,improve the application of digital public services,and narrow the gap in regional public services.
Network infrastructureTextual analysisDigital public serviceDifference-in-differ-ences
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