The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet: Evidence from Nigeria
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- Bahia,Kalvin & Castells,Pau & Cruz,Genaro & Masaki,Takaaki & Pedros,Xavier & Pfutze,Tobias & Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos & Winkler,Hernan Jorge, 2020. "The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9230, The World Bank.
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Keywords
poverty; household consumption; mobile broadband; Africa; Nigeria;JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2020-06-08 (Development)
- NEP-ICT-2020-06-08 (Information & Communication Technologies)
- NEP-PAY-2020-06-08 (Payment Systems & Financial Technology)
- NEP-REG-2020-06-08 (Regulation)
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