Mobile phone ownership and welfare: Evidence from South Africa’s household survey

Ken Miyajima

World Development, 2022, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: •The impact of mobile phone ownership on consumption in South Africa is investigated, leveraging rich household survey data in a panel format.•Attempts are made to disentangle the two-way relationship between consumption and mobile phone ownership, which is inherently difficult.•Consumption of mobile phone owners tends to be 10–20 percent above that of non-owners and benefits accrue more on those with lower consumption.

Keywords: Digitalization; Household survey; Instrumental variable approach; Mobile phone; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D15 O12 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105863

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