Product use and welfare: The case of mobile phones in Africa

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-363

  James, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adoption; Inequality; New technology; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ECONOMICS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES;

ADOPTION; ADOPTION PROCESS; INEQUALITY; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SURVEY DATA; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

TELEPHONE SETS;

EID: 84893808788     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2013.08.007     Document Type: Note

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