Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Financial Innovation
Publication Date
12-1-2024
Abstract
This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. It finds that, first, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, the net effects of mobile money innovations on gender inclusion through income inequality are consistently negative. Fourth, as the positive conditional or interactive effects and negative net effects are consistent across the conditional distribution of gender inclusion, thresholds at which mobile money innovations can completely dampen the negative effect of income inequality on gender inclusion are provided. Therefore, policymakers should work toward improving conditions for mobile money innovations. They should also be aware that reducing both income inequality and enhancing mobile money innovations simultaneously leads to more inclusive outcomes in terms of gender inclusion.
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ISSN
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
10
Issue
1
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Financial inclusion, Inequality, Mobile phones, Sub-Saharan Africa, Women
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Asongu, Simplice A.; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; and Ngoungou, Yolande E., "Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa" (2024). All Works. 6339.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/6339
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Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series