Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263123 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ILO Working Paper No. 60
Publisher: 
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
Abstract: 
This paper examines the relationship between mobile internet, employment and structural transformation in Rwanda. Thanks to its ability to enable access to a wide range of ICT technologies, internet coverage has the potential to affect the dynamics and the composition of employment significantly. To demonstrate this, we have combined GSMA network coverage maps with individual-level information from national population censuses and labour force surveys, creating a district-level dataset of Rwanda that covers the period 2002 to 2019. Our results show that an increase in mobile internet coverage affects the labour market in two ways. First, by increasing employment opportunities. Second, by contributing to changes in the composition of the labour market. Education, migration and shifts in demand are all instrumental in explaining our findings.
Subjects: 
labour economics
employment
migrant workers
skilled workers
unskilled workers
skills
economic and social development
information and communication technologies
intermediate technology
technological change
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ISBN: 
978-92-2-036948-7
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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