The Impact of Mobile Telephone Use on Economic Development of Households in Uganda

Sanne Lise Blauw and Philip Hans Franses
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Sanne Lise Blauw: Erasmus University Rotterdam

No 11-152/4, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: We examine the impact of mobile telephone use on economic development of individual households. Unique cross-sectional data were collected in personal interviews with heads of households (N=196) in Uganda. Economic development is measured at the household level by the Progress out of Poverty Index. We find strong support that mobile phone use positively impacts economic development.

Keywords: Economic development; Progress out of poverty index; mobile telephone; mobile banking; mobile search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-10-31
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