Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh

Using household survey data from off-grid regions of rural Bangladesh, this study attempts to assess the impacts of mobile phone use on household welfare and women’s empowerment. Using two propensity score-based weighted regressions (IPW and AIPW), this study finds that mobile phone use increases ho...

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Main Authors:	Hossain, Monzur, Samad, Hussain
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2021
Subjects:	MOBILE PHONE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35875

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spelling	okr-10986-358752021-07-20T18:53:45Z Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh Hossain, Monzur Samad, Hussain MOBILE PHONE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING Using household survey data from off-grid regions of rural Bangladesh, this study attempts to assess the impacts of mobile phone use on household welfare and women’s empowerment. Using two propensity score-based weighted regressions (IPW and AIPW), this study finds that mobile phone use increases household income (3 to 10 percent) from different sources, such as small businesses and remittances; improves women’s empowerment; and facilitates consumption smoothing during periods of shocks. Thus, favorable policies on investment in mobile telephone technologies, tariffs on talk time and internet usage, and mobile innovations, such as mobile financial services could reduce communication bottlenecks and digital divide in rural lagging regions that will help achieve a balanced regional development. Simultaneously, policies to avoid adverse impact of mobile phone usage should also be in place. 2021-06-30T17:24:14Z 2021-06-30T17:24:14Z 2021-04 Journal Article Information Technology for Development 0268-1102 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35875 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	MOBILE PHONE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
spellingShingle	MOBILE PHONE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING Hossain, Monzur Samad, Hussain Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
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description	Using household survey data from off-grid regions of rural Bangladesh, this study attempts to assess the impacts of mobile phone use on household welfare and women’s empowerment. Using two propensity score-based weighted regressions (IPW and AIPW), this study finds that mobile phone use increases household income (3 to 10 percent) from different sources, such as small businesses and remittances; improves women’s empowerment; and facilitates consumption smoothing during periods of shocks. Thus, favorable policies on investment in mobile telephone technologies, tariffs on talk time and internet usage, and mobile innovations, such as mobile financial services could reduce communication bottlenecks and digital divide in rural lagging regions that will help achieve a balanced regional development. Simultaneously, policies to avoid adverse impact of mobile phone usage should also be in place.
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author	Hossain, Monzur Samad, Hussain
author_facet	Hossain, Monzur Samad, Hussain
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title	Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
title_short	Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
title_full	Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh
title_sort	mobile phones, household welfare and women's empowerment : evidence from rural off-grid regions of bangladesh
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Mobile Phones, Household Welfare and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural Off-grid Regions of Bangladesh

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