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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Rural Peru.
- Source :
- Journal of Development Studies; Nov2012, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p1617-1628, 12p, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We estimate the effects of mobile phone coverage on different measures of economic development. We exploit the timing of mobile coverage at the village level merging it with a village-level panel dataset for rural Peru. The main findings suggest that mobile phone expansion has increased household real consumption by 11 per cent, reduced poverty incidence by 8 percentage points and decreased extreme poverty by 5.4 percentage points. Moreover, those benefits appear to be shared by all covered households regardless of mobile ownership. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220388
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Development Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 83932869
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2012.709615