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The welfare effects of mobile broadband internet : evidence from Nigeria

Bahia, Kalvin; Castells, Pau; Cruz, Genaro; Masaki, Takaaki - 2020

This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset that integrates three waves of a nationally representative longitudinal household...

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Broadband internet and household welfare in Senegal

Masaki, Takaaki; Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio; … - 2020

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 …, as well as for access to complementary digital infrastructure, such as 2G coverage or fixed broadband internet. The …

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Broadband internet, labor demand, and total factor productivity in Colombia

Dominioni, Goran; Heine, Dirk; Martinez Romera, Beatriz - 2018

This paper studies the relationship between information and communication technology, labor demand, and total factor productivity in Colombia. It estimates total factor productivity for the Colombian manufacturing sector using a method that assumes a law of motion where total factor productivity...

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A road to trust

Labonne, Julien (contributor); Chase, Robert S. (contributor) - 2008

"The authors explore the relationship between transaction costs and generalized trust. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road construction), there is an increase in generalized...

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Cash transfers, behavioral changes and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment

Macours, Karen (contributor); … - 2008

"A variety of theories of skill formation suggest that investments in schooling and other dimensions of human capital will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer...

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