Ethnic politics and the diffusion of mobile technology in Africa
Journal
Economics letters
ISSN
0165-1765
ISSN-Digital
1873-7374
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2017-10
Author(s)
Abstract
We analyze the effect of an ethnic group’s country-level population share on the mobile phone infrastructure in Africa. Consistent with the African power-sharing arrangements documented by Francois et al. (2015), we find that larger ethnic groups benefit from a higher concentration of mobile phone infrastructure and a higher fraction of UMTS cell sites.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher place
Amsterdam [u.a.]
Volume
159
Start page
78
End page
81
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
255231