Exploring the impacts of Internet access on poverty
A regional analysis of rural Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando García-Mora (El Colegio de México), Fernando García‐Mora (0000-0001-6858-4952, El Colegio de México), Jorge Mora‐rivera (0000-0003-0838-9551, Tecnológico de Monterrey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-49 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448211000650 |
| OpenAlex | W3152137555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 60 |
The purpose of this article is to estimate the impact of Internet access on poverty for a sample of people living in contrasting regions located across rural Mexico. Using a quasi-experimental technique, our results suggest that Internet access is an additional mechanism that contributes to decreasing poverty levels. Consequently, it could assist in increasing the proportion of people living out of poverty in rural areas; however, this is not uniform across regions (higher positive effects are estimated for less developed regions). These findings highlight the prevailing regional heterogeneity in Mexico’s rural sector and suggest that governments must design better-targeted public policies that address the uneven development in Internet diffusion typical of the rural sector. These policy improvements would allow governments to maximize the potential benefits of the Internet, as this technology alone is not sufficient to break the cycle of poverty in middle-income countries like Mexico
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Internet access · Political science · Poverty · Rural area · Rural poverty · Sample (material · The Internet · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · ICT Impact and Policies · ICT in Developing Communities
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |