Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126329 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2015/091
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper presents a descriptive analysis on the ownership of different types of technology - both agricultural machinery and information technology - within households in rural areas of Vietnam. We find that there has been little development in the ownership of agricultural machinery, but a rapid expansion of information technology, especially phones. Households without phones or internet access are more likely to be poor, female-headed, have less education, and rely more on transfers. When controlling for a number of household characteristics including income, households that already own technology are likely to acquire more, suggesting that there are households that are particularly tech-savvy.
Subjects: 
technology adoption
internet
mobile phones
agricultural machinery
Vietnam
JEL: 
Q16
O33
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ISBN: 
978-92-9230-980-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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