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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal

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dc.contributor.authorMasaki, Takaaki
dc.contributor.authorGranguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Castelan, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T18:52:06Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T18:52:06Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.description.abstractSenegal 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 integrating the latest two rounds of household budget surveys with data on the location of fiber-optic transmission nodes and coverage maps of 3G mobile technology. The results show that 3G coverage is associated with a 14 percent increase in total consumption and a 10 percent decline in extreme poverty. These results are robust to controlling for household demographics and other spatial characteristics, such as region fixed effects, road density, nighttime lights, and elevation above sea level, as well as for access to complementary digital infrastructure, such as 2G coverage or fixed broadband internet. The findings are also robust to an instrumental variable approach that relies on distance to 3G coverage in neighboring areas. These effects are larger among households in urban areas and households headed by men or younger cohorts. Although they are in the same direction, the welfare effects of proximity to fixed broadband infrastructure are not statistically significant.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924961599585278723/Broadband-Internet-and-Household-Welfare-in-Senegal
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9386
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34472
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9386
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMOBILE BROADBAND
dc.subjectINTERNET CONNECTION
dc.subjectDIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.titleBroadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegalen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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okr.crossref.titleBroadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal
okr.date.disclosure2020-09-08
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924961599585278723/Broadband-Internet-and-Household-Welfare-in-Senegal
okr.guid924961599585278723
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9386
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087d978de_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32386896
okr.identifier.reportWPS9386
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924961599585278723/pdf/Broadband-Internet-and-Household-Welfare-in-Senegal.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countrySenegal
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Telecommunications Infrastructure
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice.
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