Research on the mechanism of information infrastructure affecting industrial structure upgrading

The construction of information infrastructure as well as the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure are among the major challenges for the Chinese economy. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore how information infrastructure affects the upgrading of industrial structur...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-11, Vol.12 (1), p.19962-19962, Article 19962
Main Authors: Zhang, Pei, Wang, Jiaoe, Li, Mengming, Xiao, Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
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China
Empirical Research
Humanities and Social Sciences
Industry
Information processing
Infrastructure
Inventions
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Technological change
Urbanization
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Summary:The construction of information infrastructure as well as the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure are among the major challenges for the Chinese economy. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore how information infrastructure affects the upgrading of industrial structure. Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2013 to 2020, mediating effect model and non-parametric percentile bootstrap method are used to carry out empirical research, by creating an information infrastructure construction level and industrial structure upgrading indicators. The results show that, in addition to the direct effect of information infrastructure on industrial structure upgrading, information infrastructure can also work indirectly through three paths: (1) information infrastructure acts on industrial structure upgrading by enhancing urbanization level; (2) information infrastructure affects industrial structure upgrading by boosting technological innovation; (3) information infrastructure first enhances urbanization level, then acts on technological innovation, and finally promotes industrial structure upgrading. In addition, the intermediary effect of technological innovation is stronger than urbanization. In general, this study acknowledges that urbanization and technological innovation are partial mediators in the process of information infrastructure affecting industrial structure upgrading, notwithstanding other potential impact pathways being studied further.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-24507-9