Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal

This paper explores the use of digital technologies among informal micro-sized firms in Senegal, their association with productivity, sales, exports and jobs, and the role of age and gender dimensions of enterprise owners. The study uses a new nati...

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Main Authors:	Atiyas, İzak, Dutz, Mark A.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	INTERNET ACCESS MICROENTERPRISES FIRM PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT DIGITAL ECONOMY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SMARTPHONE INCLUSION INFORMALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687571615321246974/Digital-Technology-Uses-among-Informal-Micro-Sized-Firms-Productivity-and-Jobs-Outcomes-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35251

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spelling	okr-10986-352512022-09-20T00:09:47Z Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal Atiyas, İzak Dutz, Mark A. INTERNET ACCESS MICROENTERPRISES FIRM PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT DIGITAL ECONOMY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SMARTPHONE INCLUSION INFORMALITY This paper explores the use of digital technologies among informal micro-sized firms in Senegal, their association with productivity, sales, exports and jobs, and the role of age and gender dimensions of enterprise owners. The study uses a new national sample of over 500 firms, of which over 90 percent are not fully formal and over 95 percent are micro-sized, employing five or fewer full-time employees. The analysis finds that using a 2G mobile phone is significantly positively correlated both with productivity and sales, and using a smartphone is associated with an additional premium relative to using a 2G. The largest statistically significant conditional correlate of productivity, sales and jobs is a more specialized internal-to-the-firm management technology proxying for management capabilities more generally, namely inventory control/point of sales (POS) software. Use of digital technologies to facilitate external-to-the-firm transactions, namely using mobile money to pay suppliers and to receive payments from customers are also statistically significant conditional correlates of productivity and sales. Using a smartphone is also positively correlated with exporting (while using only a 2G phone is not). Finally, there are significant digital divides in the use of digital technologies across age and gender groupings. 2021-03-11T15:04:02Z 2021-03-11T15:04:02Z 2021-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687571615321246974/Digital-Technology-Uses-among-Informal-Micro-Sized-Firms-Productivity-and-Jobs-Outcomes-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35251 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9573 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 Africa Western and Central (AFW) Senegal
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spellingShingle	INTERNET ACCESS MICROENTERPRISES FIRM PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYMENT DIGITAL ECONOMY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SMARTPHONE INCLUSION INFORMALITY Atiyas, İzak Dutz, Mark A. Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
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description	This paper explores the use of digital technologies among informal micro-sized firms in Senegal, their association with productivity, sales, exports and jobs, and the role of age and gender dimensions of enterprise owners. The study uses a new national sample of over 500 firms, of which over 90 percent are not fully formal and over 95 percent are micro-sized, employing five or fewer full-time employees. The analysis finds that using a 2G mobile phone is significantly positively correlated both with productivity and sales, and using a smartphone is associated with an additional premium relative to using a 2G. The largest statistically significant conditional correlate of productivity, sales and jobs is a more specialized internal-to-the-firm management technology proxying for management capabilities more generally, namely inventory control/point of sales (POS) software. Use of digital technologies to facilitate external-to-the-firm transactions, namely using mobile money to pay suppliers and to receive payments from customers are also statistically significant conditional correlates of productivity and sales. Using a smartphone is also positively correlated with exporting (while using only a 2G phone is not). Finally, there are significant digital divides in the use of digital technologies across age and gender groupings.
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author	Atiyas, İzak Dutz, Mark A.
author_facet	Atiyas, İzak Dutz, Mark A.
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title	Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
title_short	Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
title_full	Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
title_fullStr	Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
title_full_unstemmed	Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal
title_sort	digital technology uses among informal micro-sized firms : productivity and jobs outcomes in senegal
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687571615321246974/Digital-Technology-Uses-among-Informal-Micro-Sized-Firms-Productivity-and-Jobs-Outcomes-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35251
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Digital Technology Uses among Informal Micro-Sized Firms : Productivity and Jobs Outcomes in Senegal

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