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AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW-INSIGHTS
卷 3, 期 1, 页码 35-50出版社
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20190382
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CEGA
- Clausen Center
- Haas School of Business
- Weiss Family Fund
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2020A1515011163]
This paper estimates the impact of the first nationwide e-commerce expansion program on rural households. It finds little evidence for income gains to rural producers and workers, with gains driven by a reduction in cost of living for a minority of rural households in more remote markets. These effects are mainly due to overcoming logistical barriers to e-commerce rather than additional investments to adapt e-commerce to the rural population.
This paper estimates the impact of the first nationwide e-commerce expansion program on rural households. To do so, we combine a randomized control trial with new survey and administrative microdata. In contrast to existing case studies, we find little evidence for income gains to rural producers and workers. Instead, the gains are driven by a reduction in cost of living for a minority of rural households that tend to be younger, richer, and in more remote markets. These effects are mainly due to overcoming logistical barriers to e-commerce rather than additional investments to adapt e-commerce to the rural population.
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