Arifin, Zaenal
(2012)
THE IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN INDONESIA: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This study seeks to answer to what extent information and communication technology (ICT) can increase household welfare. It is focused on ICT in the form of telecommunication technologies, i.e., mobile phones. Using two different mobile phone variables and three different household welfare measures from Indonesian national survey data, all regressions confirm that mobile phone ownership had a positive and significant impact on per capita household consumption during the period of 2006 – 2008. The impact ranged from 5.6% to 15.3% in the increases of per capita total consumption, depending on the regression model chosen, implying that households use mobile phones as a tool of finding resources and information linked to economic activities. Moreover, the mobile phone impact was also higher for those households classified as poor and for households in the rural areas. Interestingly, however, the impact of mobile phone on per capita total consumption is greater for non-poor than poor rural households. This finding indicates that the mobile phone is used as a supplement means or as a production factor to improve the economic performance of the non-poor rural group.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
January 2012 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
5 December 2011 |
| Approval Date: |
30 January 2012 |
| Submission Date: |
30 January 2012 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
62 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs > Public and International Affairs |
| Degree: |
MPIA - Master of Public and International Affairs |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
ICT, Mobile Phone, Household Welfare, Poverty, Indonesia |
| Date Deposited: |
30 Jan 2012 20:42 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:55 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10952 |
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