Income Inequality and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Developing Countries

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 364-387

  Hyytinen, Ari ^a   Toivanen, Otto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Inequality; Instrumental variables; Mobile phones; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INNOVATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; WAGE GAP; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 79956274597     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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