Discounting Telephone Service

Topics:
Telecom Services
Tags:
Lifeline,
Participation,
Phone,
Program,
Telecom & Utilities,
Telephone Service,
University Of North Texas
Source:
University of North Texas

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Overview: This paper explains a unique public assistance program, the Lifeline Assistance Program, to consider factors that cause people to not participate in a program that provides them with financial benefits. Lifeline is a nationwide program created by the Federal Communications Commission to provide price discounts to low-income telephone subscribers. Nowadays there has been concern that program participation rates are too low. Using county-level data from Florida, we consider reasons why a large number of Floridians who qualify for the program are not signing up. We find that access to alternative modes of communications, such as mobile phones, decrease participation. We also find that certain demographic factors affect participation in the program, and that significant discrepancies in participation exist across counties.

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Format: PDF | Size: 377KB | Date: Feb 2006 | Pages: 25

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