This paper investigates whether the expansion of fast internet networks complements or substitutes for the development of roads to improve market access and create more and higher-skilled jobs in Africa. The paper combines the geographic locations of households and firms with the locations of main roads and optical-fiber nodes in 25 Sub-Saharan African countries. Using the difference-in-differences and instrumental variables approaches and leveraging...
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2024/03/21
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10730
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1
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2024/03/21
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Disclosed
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Does Africa Need More Roads in the Digital Age ? Evidence of Complementarities in Infrastructure