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...
Main Authors: | Hossain, Monzur, Samad, Hussain |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Taylor and Francis
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35875 |
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