Smart phones support smart labor

Besides enabling communication, mobile phones and smartphones support information flows and financial transactions, especially in developing countries, where the coverage of landline networks is limited. Drawing upon new data from rural households in Southeast Asia, this paper shows that mobile phone or smartphone ownership supports local employment and commuting while it reduces incentives for migration of workers.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Hübler, Michael ; Hartje, Rebecca
Publisher:	Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Subject:	smartphones \| mobile phones \| labor markets \| labor mobility \| economic development \| Southeast Asia

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Series:	Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) ; 559
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	830218378 [GVK] hdl:10419/121769 [Handle] RePEc:han:dpaper:dp-559 [RePEc]
Classification:	J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; O53 - Asia including Middle East ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes
Source:	EconStor

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