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dc.contributor.authorMenon, Nidhiyaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-27-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-28T13:56:51Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-28T13:56:51Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201104084293en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46168-
dc.description.abstractFirms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated with regulations, infrastructure, security, workforce, corruption, and finance. This study shows that such reliance has significant positive impacts on productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with female principal owners. The exogenous component of technology ownership is isolated by using information on the regional presence of missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and average regional elevation. Results indicate that for firms with female owners, technology adoption improves value-added per worker by about 49 percentage points. It is also statistically evident that for such firms, the ownership of technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators succeeds in mitigating the costs of business obstacles. For male-owned firms, such patterns are absent.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5419en
dc.subject.jelO14en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelL22en
dc.subject.jelN37en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtechnologyen
dc.subject.keywordcomputersen
dc.subject.keywordcell-phonesen
dc.subject.keywordbusiness obstaclesen
dc.subject.keywordKenyaen
dc.subject.keywordfirmsen
dc.subject.keywordfemale ownersen
dc.subject.stwTechnologiewahlen
dc.subject.stwWeibliche Führungskräfteen
dc.subject.stwComputergestütztes Verfahrenen
dc.subject.stwMobilkommunikationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsproduktivitäten
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensentwicklungen
dc.subject.stwKeniaen
dc.titleGot technology? The impact of computers and cell phones on productivity in a difficult business climate ; evidence from firms with female owners in Kenya-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn660774720en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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