Asian Journal of Rural Development1996-336xxxxx-xxxxAsian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ajrd.2013.14.21SepehrdoustHamid ShabkhanehSaber Zamani 1201331The arrival of computers and Internet access in the second half of the twentieth
century has revolutionized the field of information and communication technology
(ICT) and macro-economic variables such as income distribution index within
developing economies. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of
information and communication technology development on income distribution
index of rural communities in Iran. For this purpose and in order to test the
Kuznet's inverted U theory, regarding the relationship between economic growth
and distribution of income, econometric method and panel data regression were
designed to analyze the effect of information and communication technology on
income distribution of 30 provinces in Iran during the period of 2001-2010.
The results show that information and communication technology development had
a positive effect on income distribution of country's rural communities, resulting
in more equitable and justified distribution of income among the rural societies.
Moreover, the study approves the validity of Kuznet's inverted U theory regarding
the relationship between the economic growth and income distribution of rural
areas for the time period of study.]]>Abu-Kawsar, M.,20126440448Adelman, I.,1978Adelman, I. and T.M. Cynthia,1973Anonymous,20032003Atkinson, A.B.,19702244263Bai, J. and S. Ng,20102610881114Gerald-Fitz, J. and A. Gerald,19813rd Edn.,Kuznets, S.,195545128Qin, Y. and Y. Zhou,2009499110Paul, G.S. and T. Verdier,199640719728Siriginidi, S.R.,20046261269Spence, M., P.C. Annez and R.M. Buckley,2009Takahiro, A. and M. Sachiko,2007Ulrich, P.,20032003Vivarelli, M.,20072007