Tackling social inequality in development : beyond access to appropriation of ICTs for employability

• Main Authors: Loh, Yvonne Ai-Chi, Chib, Arul
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic development; ICT Access; ICT Appropriation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93595; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50188
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study was motivated to investigate social inequality in developed nations, by studying the impact of ICTs upon the vulnerable unemployed and under-employed in Singapore. First, drawing upon Amartya Sen’s capability approach, we operationalize the dependent variable as self-perceived employabili...