The effect of conditional cash transfers on the prepaid and postpaid expenditures of internet and cellular services: The case of Filipino households

• Main Authors: Caoile, Krisann Carmina G., Empeño, Edgar Desher P., Ramos, Raphael Manuel P., Trinidad, Marie Angeline A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Cost and standard of living—Philippines; Economic assistance, Domestic—Philippines; Internet—Philippines—Costs; Poor—Philippines—Social conditions; Behavioral Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_econ/38; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=etdb_econ
• Institution: De La Salle University

The increase in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is promising for developing economies like the Philippines, as its role in households’ economic decisions begs the question of how poor families value these services. The study answers this by delving deeper into conditional...