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Competition Reform and Household Welfare : A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia / Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan.
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Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
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English
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Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.
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1 online resource (22 pages)
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Araar, Abdelkrim
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Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio
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Malasquez, Eduardo A.
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Policy research working papers
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This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current and new consumers. Using household budget survey data from 2015/16 for Ethiopia and assuming a reform scenario that dilutes the market share of the telecommunications state-owned monopoly to 45 percent, the model predicts a 25.3 percent reduction in the price of mobile services and an increase of 4.6 million new users of mobile phone services. This reform is expected to generate a welfare gain of 1.37 percent among all consumers. Poverty rates are expected to decline by 0.31 percentage point, driven by a reduction of 0.22 percentage point for current consumers and 0.09 percentage point among new users. Inequality would increase by 0.23 Gini point since better-off consumers are more likely to reap the benefits of greater competition. This method represents a powerful tool for supporting the analysis of competition reforms in developing countries, particularly in sectors known for excluding significant segments of the population due to high consumer prices.
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10.1596/1813-9450-9516
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