Interviews suggest that smaller firms are unable to take advantage of internet infrastructure expansion because they are unable to make complementary investments in transportation, human capital and productive capacity

She finds that ICT use is correlated to firm size – these firms in particular respond to improved internet access by expanding their buyer/supplier network and report more effective communication and monitoring of employees

Using administrative data on firm behaviour, qualitative interviews and granular data on fibre networks, she employs an IV approach to examine which firms are benefiting from the expansion of fibre optic internet infrastructure in Kenya

Digital infrastructure has the potential to reduce information frictions and transaction costs, leading to higher trade and welfare BUT this assumes market participants can effectively use this infrastructure. What are the implications of heterogeneity of use on benefits?

Next in the #OxCSAE2025 @oxfordcsae.bsky.social Trade, Investment & Services session, @verenaw.bsky.social looks at: which firms benefit from expanded internet infrastructure?

He finds positive effects of tourism expenditure on household expenditure, concentrated among urban populations and the highest spending households

Using granular data on living conditions and tourism, Mcketty implements an shift-share IV approach to examine the effect of tourism expenditure on household expenditure/poverty based on the origin country of tourists

Tourism has the potential to impact an economy, directly (investment, foreign exchange earnings, high and low skill employment) and through indirect spillovers on the economy. However, the effects on economic growth are not consistent across countries

First up in the #OxCSAE2025 @oxfordcsae.bsky.social Trade, Investment & Services session, Matthew Mcketty (@uwmadison.bsky.social) looks at the relationship between the growth of the tourism industry in Jamaica and household welfare