The Impact of Mobile Telephone Use on Economic Development of Households in Uganda

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.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Blauw, Sanne Lise ; Franses, Philip Hans
Publisher:	Amsterdam and Rotterdam : Tinbergen Institute
Subject:	Economic development \| Progress out of poverty index \| mobile telephone \| mobile banking \| mobile search

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Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; 11-152/4
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	739339133 [GVK] hdl:10419/87400 [Handle] RePEc:dgr:uvatin:20110152 [RePEc]
Classification:	I3 - Welfare and Poverty
Source:	EconStor

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