Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283841 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2023/145
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
New developments of existing technologies over time have led to emergent patterns of technology adoption and, accordingly, changing impacts on economy and society. Focusing on the arrival of mobile internet in the early 2010s in developing countries, this paperidentifiessignificant positive effects on provinces' average household income in Viet Nam. The effect sizes are larger for lower-income quintiles and for rural areas, suggesting the more inclusive changing impact of the innovation over the last decade. Preliminary evidence of impact mechanisms via skilled employment rates and (formal) wages is also presented. The evidence from Viet Nam, a lowermiddle-income country, can bring further understanding in terms of the extent of development impacts of second-generation mobile for development (M4D 2.0) in particular and information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in general.
Subjects: 
household income
mobile internet
smartphone
technological change
developing countries
M4D
ICT4D
JEL: 
D31
O30
O53
R50
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9267-453-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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