Mobile internet access is exacerbating household wealth inequality in the Philippines

Wei, Zhiwu, Lee, Neil ORCID: 0000-0002-4138-7163 and Iddawela, Yohan (2025) Mobile internet access is exacerbating household wealth inequality in the Philippines. LSE Inequalities (23 Sep 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Mobile connectivity can have a positive economic impact on jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? Zhiwu Wei, Neil Lee and Yohan Iddawela investigate. The Philippines serves as the ideal case study: it has seen a huge uptake in connectivity in recent years, while its 7000+ islands make physical connectivity costly, meaning the internet is often the dominant bridge to markets, services and opportunities.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography and Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited:	04 Nov 2025 16:54
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2025 16:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129747

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