Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru
We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sa...
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| author | Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio Torero, Máximo |
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| description | We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns, we are able to link access to telephone services with household income. We find that, regardless of income measurement, most characteristics of public telephone use are positively linked with income. Remarkably, the benefits are given at both non‐farm and farm income levels. The findings hold when using propensity score matching methods. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1621722025-11-12T04:48:49Z Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio Torero, Máximo information and communication technologies mobile phones developing countries case studies telephones access to information income rural areas privatization institutions poverty We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns, we are able to link access to telephone services with household income. We find that, regardless of income measurement, most characteristics of public telephone use are positively linked with income. Remarkably, the benefits are given at both non‐farm and farm income levels. The findings hold when using propensity score matching methods. 2009-10 2024-11-21T10:01:31Z 2024-11-21T10:01:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162172 en Limited Access application/pdf Wiley Chong, Alberto; Galdo, Virgilio; Torero, Maximo. 2009. Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru. Economica Economica 76(304): 623-648 |
| spellingShingle | information and communication technologies mobile phones developing countries case studies telephones access to information income rural areas privatization institutions poverty Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio Torero, Máximo Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title | Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title_full | Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title_fullStr | Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title_short | Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru |
| title_sort | access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi natural experiment for peru |
| topic | information and communication technologies mobile phones developing countries case studies telephones access to information income rural areas privatization institutions poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162172 |
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