Are smartphones smart for economic development?

Rebecca Hartje & Michael Hübler

While the worldwide spread of smartphones continues, developing countries have become important markets for these devices. Smartphones’ independence of landline networks qualifies them for communication and Internet access in rural areas of developing countries. Drawing upon rural Southeast Asian survey data, this paper provides probably the first empirical evidence for smartphones’ contribution to households’ income.

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Year of publication:	2015 ; March 2015
Authors:	Hartje, Rebecca ; Hübler, Michael
Publisher:	Hannover
Subject:	smartphones \| mobile phones \| technology diffusion \| economic development \| Southeast Asia \| Mobiltelefon \| Mobile phone \| Südostasien \| Innovationsdiffusion \| Innovation diffusion \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Mobilkommunikation \| Mobile communications \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 19 S., 409 KB)
Series:	Diskussionspapiere der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Hannover : Hannover economic papers (HEP). - Hannover : Wirtschaftswiss. Fak., Univ., ZDB-ID 2120102-X. - Vol. 555
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/117714 [Handle]
Classification:	O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; O53 - Asia including Middle East ; R20 - Household Analysis. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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