Are Smartphones Smart for Economic Development?

Rebecca Hartje and Michael Hübler

Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract: While the worldwide spread of smartphones continues, developing countries have become important markets for these devices. Smartphones´ independence of landline networks qualifies them for communication and Internet access in rural areas of developing countries. Drawing upon rural Southeast Asian survey data, this paper provides probably the first empirical evidence for smartphones´ contribution to households´ income.

Keywords: smartphones; mobile phones; technology diffusion; economic development; Southeast Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O33 O53 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2015-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-ict and nep-sea
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