The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria
This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset that integrates three waves of a nation...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/626011588705072099/The-Welfare-Effects-of-Mobile-Broadband-Internet-Evidence-from-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33712 |
| Summary: | This paper estimates the impacts of
mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and
poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband
market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset
that integrates three waves of a nationally representative
longitudinal household survey on living standards with
information from Nigerian mobile operators on the deployment
of mobile broadband (3G and 4G) coverage between 2010 and
2016. The estimates show that mobile broadband coverage had
large and positive impacts on household consumption levels
which increased over time, although at a decreasing rate.
Mobile broadband coverage also reduces the proportion of
households below the poverty line, driven by higher food and
non-food consumption in rural households. These effects are
mainly due to an increase in labor force participation and
employment, particularly among women. |
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