Smartphones support smart labour

Rebecca Hartje and Michael Hübler

Applied Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 24, issue 7, 467-471

Abstract: Besides enabling communication, smartphones support information flows and financial transactions, especially in developing countries, where the coverage of landline networks is limited. Drawing upon new data of rural households in the Mekong region, this article finds that smartphone ownership increases labour mobility measured as the number of commuters whereas it seems to discourage the emigration of workers.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1203054

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