Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2011-10-31
Number: 11-152/4
Author-Name: Sanne Lise Blauw
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Author-Name: Philip Hans Franses
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Title: The Impact of Mobile Telephone Use on Economic Development of Households in Uganda
Abstract: We examine the impact of mobile telephone use on economic development of individual households. Unique cross-sectional data were collected in personal interviews with heads of households (N=196) in Uganda. Economic development is measured at the household level by the Progress out of Poverty Index. We find strong support that mobile phone use positively impacts economic development.
Classification-JEL: I3
Keywords: Economic development, Progress out of poverty index, mobile telephone, mobile banking, mobile search
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20110152