Ethnic politics and the diffusion of mobile technology in Africa

Roland Hodler; Paul A. Raschky

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.07.011

Ethnic politics and the diffusion of mobile technology in Africa

Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky

Department of Economics

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-81
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	159
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.07.011
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2017

Keywords

Africa
Mobile phones
Power sharing
Technology diffusion

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