Access to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru

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dc.creatorChong, Alberto
dc.creatorGaldo, Virgilio
dc.creatorTorero, Máximo
dc.date2009-10
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:31Z
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:40:29Z
dc.descriptionWe 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162172
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111329
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChong, 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
dc.subjectinformation and communication technologies
dc.subjectmobile phones
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.subjecttelephones
dc.subjectaccess to information
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectprivatization
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleAccess to telephone services and household income in poor rural areas using a quasi-natural experiment for Peru
dc.typeJournal Article

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