Digitalization, Innovation & Growth

This dataset contains variables aggregated at sub-national levels (Nut-2) (ISTAT) from 2009 to 2020. Data provides information on digitalization and digital culture, innovation and other relevant economic variables, such as the GDP per capita, openness and gross fixed capital formation. It was constructed for conducting an empirical study wheter digitalization affect regional growth of Italian region equally or not. Evidence suggests that digitalization and digital culture are consistent positive effect on growth in the North rather than in the South, increasing territorial disparities between the two area of the country.本数据集包含2009年至2020年间，由意大利国家统计局（ISTAT）按欧盟二级区域统计单元（NUTS-2，次国家级行政层级）聚合的变量数据。数据集涵盖数字化、数字文化、创新及其他相关经济变量的信息，包括人均国内生产总值、贸易开放度与固定资产形成总额。本数据集的构建旨在开展一项实证研究，以验证数字化对意大利各地区经济增长的影响是否具有均等性。研究结果显示，数字化与数字文化对意大利北部地区的经济增长存在持续的正向推动作用，而对南部地区则未体现出此类效果，进而加剧了该国南北两大区域间的地域发展差距。