Abstract:
The primary aim of e-government is to facilitate the effective delivery of public services and it is
claimed to promote the economic growth of the country. This paper aims to examine the
relationship between the e-government and the economic growth in European Union countries in
addition to the United Kingdom in time period from 2003 to 2021. This paper will examine the
effect of e-government on the economic growth through three different set of variables, first ICT
variables, second e-government indicators, and finally percentage of population using various
types of e-government services variables. The paper used several econometric estimation
techniques, namely, Pooled Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed Effect, Random effect, Generalized
Method of Moments, and Generalized Least Squares models. The overall result of this paper is
that e-government has a significant positive impact on the economic growth of EU countries.
