Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal
Senegal has experienced a rapid expansion in fixed and mobile broadband internet infrastructure over the past decade. This paper examines the relationship between access to broadband internet and household welfare between 2011 and 2018 by integrati...
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okr-10986-344722022-09-20T00:10:29Z Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal Masaki, Takaaki Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION MOBILE BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Senegal has experienced a rapid expansion in fixed and mobile broadband internet infrastructure over the past decade. This paper examines the relationship between access to broadband internet and household welfare between 2011 and 2018 by integrating the latest two rounds of household budget surveys with data on the location of fiber-optic transmission nodes and coverage maps of 3G mobile technology. The results show that 3G coverage is associated with a 14 percent increase in total consumption and a 10 percent decline in extreme poverty. These results are robust to controlling for household demographics and other spatial characteristics, such as region fixed effects, road density, nighttime lights, and elevation above sea level, as well as for access to complementary digital infrastructure, such as 2G coverage or fixed broadband internet. The findings are also robust to an instrumental variable approach that relies on distance to 3G coverage in neighboring areas. These effects are larger among households in urban areas and households headed by men or younger cohorts. Although they are in the same direction, the welfare effects of proximity to fixed broadband infrastructure are not statistically significant. 2020-09-17T18:52:06Z 2020-09-17T18:52:06Z 2020-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924961599585278723/Broadband-Internet-and-Household-Welfare-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34472 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9386 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Senegal |
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POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION MOBILE BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Masaki, Takaaki Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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Senegal has experienced a rapid
expansion in fixed and mobile broadband internet
infrastructure over the past decade. This paper examines the
relationship between access to broadband internet and
household welfare between 2011 and 2018 by integrating the
latest two rounds of household budget surveys with data on
the location of fiber-optic transmission nodes and coverage
maps of 3G mobile technology. The results show that 3G
coverage is associated with a 14 percent increase in total
consumption and a 10 percent decline in extreme poverty.
These results are robust to controlling for household
demographics and other spatial characteristics, such as
region fixed effects, road density, nighttime lights, and
elevation above sea level, as well as for access to
complementary digital infrastructure, such as 2G coverage or
fixed broadband internet. The findings are also robust to an
instrumental variable approach that relies on distance to 3G
coverage in neighboring areas. These effects are larger
among households in urban areas and households headed by men
or younger cohorts. Although they are in the same direction,
the welfare effects of proximity to fixed broadband
infrastructure are not statistically significant. |
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Working Paper |
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Masaki, Takaaki Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos |
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Masaki, Takaaki Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos |
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Masaki, Takaaki |
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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal |
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broadband internet and household welfare in senegal |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924961599585278723/Broadband-Internet-and-Household-Welfare-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34472 |
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