Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries
This paper studies the determinants of the use of different strategies by mobile-users forreducing their spending. This empirical exercise is done with a special survey focused in lowincomepeople from developing countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.Our methodology is the f...
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| description | This paper studies the determinants of the use of different strategies by mobile-users forreducing their spending. This empirical exercise is done with a special survey focused in lowincomepeople from developing countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.Our methodology is the following. First, we evaluate the determinants of use of each strategy bymeans of a probabilistic model and we find that education level and age are importantdeterminants of the use of alternatives. Second, we use a Poisson regression model to study thenumber of strategies used. Although our findings differ among countries, the use of more than onestrategy is common in the sample. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d2181d164a6496da0480242eaa981d42022-12-22T00:01:52ZengUniversidad de AntioquiaLecturas de Economía0120-25962009-12-017171209234Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American CountriesLuis Fernando GamboaThis paper studies the determinants of the use of different strategies by mobile-users forreducing their spending. This empirical exercise is done with a special survey focused in lowincomepeople from developing countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.Our methodology is the following. First, we evaluate the determinants of use of each strategy bymeans of a probabilistic model and we find that education level and age are importantdeterminants of the use of alternatives. Second, we use a Poisson regression model to study thenumber of strategies used. Although our findings differ among countries, the use of more than onestrategy is common in the sample.http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/4820/4239Mobile PhonesPovertyCount Data. |
| spellingShingle | Luis Fernando Gamboa Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries Lecturas de Economía Mobile Phones Poverty Count Data. |
| title | Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries |
| title_full | Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries |
| title_fullStr | Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries |
| title_short | Strategic Uses of Mobile Phones in the BoP: Some Examples in Latin American Countries |
| title_sort | strategic uses of mobile phones in the bop some examples in latin american countries |
| topic | Mobile Phones Poverty Count Data. |
| url | http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/4820/4239 |
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