Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania
What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits from improved coverage of mobile internet? To respond to these questions, this paper appli...
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okr-10986-361722021-08-20T05:10:40Z Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania Bahia, Kalvin Castells, Pau Cruz, Genaro Masaki, Takaaki Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos Sanfelice, Viviane BROADBAND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION CONSUMPTION WELFARE INTERNET ACCESS What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits from improved coverage of mobile internet? To respond to these questions, this paper applies a difference-in-differences estimation using panel household survey data combined with geospatial information on the rollout of mobile broadband coverage in Tanzania. The results reveal that being covered by 3G networks has a large positive effect on total household consumption and poverty reduction, driven by positive impacts on labor market outcomes. Working age individuals living in areas covered by mobile internet witnessed an increase in labor force participation, wage employment, and non-farm self-employment, and a decline in farm employment. These effects vary by age, gender and skill level. Younger and more skilled men benefit the most through higher labor force participation and wage employment, while high-skilled women benefit from transitions from self-employed farm work into non-farm employment. 2021-08-19T14:20:50Z 2021-08-19T14:20:50Z 2021-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/457061629220877366/Mobile-Broadband-Internet-Poverty-and-Labor-Outcomes-in-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36172 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9749 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 Eastern and Southern (AFE) Tanzania |
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BROADBAND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION CONSUMPTION WELFARE INTERNET ACCESS Bahia, Kalvin Castells, Pau Cruz, Genaro Masaki, Takaaki Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos Sanfelice, Viviane Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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What are the impacts of expanding mobile
broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and
labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits
from improved coverage of mobile internet? To respond to
these questions, this paper applies a
difference-in-differences estimation using panel household
survey data combined with geospatial information on the
rollout of mobile broadband coverage in Tanzania. The
results reveal that being covered by 3G networks has a large
positive effect on total household consumption and poverty
reduction, driven by positive impacts on labor market
outcomes. Working age individuals living in areas covered by
mobile internet witnessed an increase in labor force
participation, wage employment, and non-farm
self-employment, and a decline in farm employment. These
effects vary by age, gender and skill level. Younger and
more skilled men benefit the most through higher labor force
participation and wage employment, while high-skilled women
benefit from transitions from self-employed farm work into
non-farm employment. |
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Bahia, Kalvin Castells, Pau Cruz, Genaro Masaki, Takaaki Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos Sanfelice, Viviane |
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Bahia, Kalvin Castells, Pau Cruz, Genaro Masaki, Takaaki Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos Sanfelice, Viviane |
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Bahia, Kalvin |
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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania |
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mobile broadband internet, poverty and labor outcomes in tanzania |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/457061629220877366/Mobile-Broadband-Internet-Poverty-and-Labor-Outcomes-in-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36172 |
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