Date of Publication

6-21-2022

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics major in Industrial Economics

Subject Categories

Behavioral Economics

College

School of Economics

Department/Unit

Economics

Honor/Award

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award

Thesis Advisor

Tereso S. Tullao, Jr.
Myrna S. Austria
Winfred M. Villamil
Ma. Ella C. Oplas

Defense Panel Chair

Tereso S. Tullao, Jr.

Defense Panel Member

Myrna S. Austria
Winfred M. Villamil
Ma. Ella C. Oplas

Abstract/Summary

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 cash transfer (CCT) programs. Most existing literature dissects the impact of CCTs on increasing health, nutrition, and education expenditures; however, there is still an opportunity to assess its impact on internet and cellular services expenditures. Using the 2018 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) with the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) serving as the treatment, a propensity score matching methodology is applied to compare beneficiaries’ expenditures on prepaid and postpaid internet and cellular services with non-beneficiaries via Average Treatment Effects on the Treated (ATT). The researchers found that being a 4Ps beneficiary does not significantly affect spending on internet connection services, postpaid cellular phone subscriptions, payment for prepaid communication, and the total of these three variables when compared to non-beneficiaries.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Keywords

Cost and standard of living—Philippines; Economic assistance, Domestic—Philippines; Internet—Philippines—Costs; Poor—Philippines—Social conditions

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6-23-2024

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