| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w16616 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 16616 |
| New cellular networks in Malawi: Correlates of service rollout and network performance | |
| Dimitrios Batzilis; Taryn Dinkelman; Emily Oster; Rebecca Thornton; Deric Zanera | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-12-16 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Cellular technologies have become increasingly important in the developing world; infrastructure for mobile networks has expanded dramatically over the past two decades giving access to remote areas without previous phone service. Despite this expansion, relatively little is known about the correlates of the rollout of cellular phone networks or the performance of these networks. Since the rollout of cellular networks has been largely spearheaded by an active private sector in telecommunications, how demand-side and cost-side factors affect the timing of rollout and quality of network service is of particular interest. In this paper we use new data to estimate the correlates of cellular phone access and network performance across rural areas of Malawi. We compile a dataset which combines administrative data of the entire cellular network of Malawi with geographic and Census data to describe the rollout and the performance of the cellular network measured by the dropped call rate. We find that both demand-side and cost-side factors are important in determining the timing of network access, while demand-side factors appear most relevant for the dropped call rate, one metric of network quality. |
| 主题 | Development and Growth ; Regional and Urban Economics ; Real Estate |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w16616 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/574291 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dimitrios Batzilis,Taryn Dinkelman,Emily Oster,et al. New cellular networks in Malawi: Correlates of service rollout and network performance. 2010. |
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