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Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Working papers

  1. Susanna B. Berkouwer & Pierre E. Biscaye & Eric Hsu & Oliver W. Kim & Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2021. "Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy," NBER Working Papers 29086, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2019. "Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?," NBER Working Papers 26528, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification," NBER Working Papers 22292, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya," NBER Working Papers 21949, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Kenneth Lee & Eric Brewer & Carson Christiano & Francis Meyo & Edward Miguel & Matthew Podolsky & Javier Rosa & Catherine Wolfram, 2014. "Barriers to Electrification for "Under Grid" Households in Rural Kenya," NBER Working Papers 20327, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Articles

  1. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(5), pages 89-94, May.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Susanna B. Berkouwer & Pierre E. Biscaye & Eric Hsu & Oliver W. Kim & Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2021. "Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy," NBER Working Papers 29086, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Miguel, Edward & Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, 2022. "The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt0191q2qs, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    2. Di Maio, Michele & Fasani, Francesco & Leone Sciabolazza, Valerio & Molini, Vasco, 2022. "Facing Displacement and a Global Pandemic: Evidence from a Fragile State," CEPR Discussion Papers 17104, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

  2. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2019. "Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?," NBER Working Papers 26528, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Henry, Candise L. & Baker, Justin S. & Shaw, Brooke K. & Kondash, Andrew J. & Leiva, Benjamín & Castellanos, Edwin & Wade, Christopher M. & Lord, Benjamin & Van Houtven, George & Redmon, Jennifer Hopo, 2021. "How will renewable energy development goals affect energy poverty in Guatemala?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    2. Bensch, Gunther & Gotz, Gunnar & Peters, Jörg, 2020. "Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: A Comment on Dinkelman (2011)," MetaArXiv zhn9b, Center for Open Science.
    3. Ashish Kumar Sedai & Tooraj Jamasb & Rabindra Nepal & Ray Miller, 2021. "Electrification and welfare for the marginalized: Evidence from India," CAMA Working Papers 2021-19, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    4. Cheng, Zhiming & Tani, Massimiliano & Wang, Haining, 2021. "Energy poverty and entrepreneurship," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    5. Robin Burgess & Michael Greenstone & Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Demand for Electricity on the Global Electrification Frontier," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2222, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    6. Catalin Popescu & Eglantina Hysa & Mirela Panait & Arjona Çela, 2023. "Past, Present, and Future of Critical Issues in Energy: Poverty, Transition and Security—A Systematic Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-25, July.
    7. Ly, Alpha & Chakir, Raja & Creti, Anna, 2024. "Electrification or deforestation? Evidence from household practices in Côte d’Ivoire," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    8. Apeti, Ablam Estel, 2023. "Household welfare in the digital age: Assessing the effect of mobile money on household consumption volatility in developing countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    9. Fetter, T. Robert & Usmani, Faraz, 2024. "Fracking, farmers, and rural electrification in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    10. Jeuland, Marc & Fetter, T. Robert & Li, Yating & Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. & Usmani, Faraz & Bluffstone, Randall A. & Chávez, Carlos & Girardeau, Hannah & Hassen, Sied & Jagger, Pamela & Jaime, Mónica , 2021. "Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    11. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Schmidt, Christoph M., 2023. "Rural electrification, the credibility revolution, and the limits of evidence-based policy," Ruhr Economic Papers 1051, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    12. Amuakwa-Mensah, Salome & Surry, Yves, 2022. "Association between rural electrification and agricultural output: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 25(C).
    13. Timilsina,Govinda R. & Stern,David S. & Das,Debasish Kumar, 2021. "How Much Does Physical Infrastructure Contribute to Economic Growth ? An Empirical Analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9888, The World Bank.
    14. Merfeld, Joshua D., 2023. "Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country," IZA Discussion Papers 16316, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    15. Sedai, Ashish Kumar & Vasudevan, Ramaa & Pena, Anita Alves & Miller, Ray, 2021. "Does reliable electrification reduce gender differences? Evidence from India," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 580-601.
    16. Nag, Suryadeepto, 2024. "Does reliable electricity mean lesser agricultural labor wages? Evidence from Indian villages," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    17. Sudatta Ray & Hemant K. Pullabhotla, 2023. "The changing impact of rural electrification on Indian agriculture," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    18. Hashemi, Majid, 2021. "The economic value of unsupplied electricity: Evidence from Nepal," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    19. Gupta, Ridhima & Pelli, Martino, 2021. "Electrification and cooking fuel choice in rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    20. Igawa, Moegi & Managi, Shunsuke, 2022. "Energy poverty and income inequality: An economic analysis of 37 countries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 306(PB).
    21. Bharadwaj, Bishal & Subedi, Mukti Nath & Malakar, Yuwan & Ashworth, Peta, 2023. "Low-capacity decentralized electricity systems limit the adoption of electronic appliances in rural Nepal," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    22. Ablam Estel Apeti, 2022. "Household welfare in the digital age: Assessing the effect of mobile money on household consumption volatility in developing countries," Post-Print hal-03819779, HAL.
    23. Simone Tagliapietra & Giovanni Occhiali & Enrico Nano & Robert Kalcik, 2020. "The impact of electrification on labour market outcomes in Nigeria," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 37(3), pages 737-779, October.
    24. Ujjayant Chakravorty & Ridhima Gupta & Martino Pelli, 2022. "The economics of rural energy use in developing countries," CIRANO Working Papers 2022s-12, CIRANO.
    25. Suchita Srinivasan, 2023. "Social Policies and Adaptation to Extreme Weather: Evidence from South Africa," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 23/381, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
    26. Woollacott, Jared & Henry, Candise L. & de Hernández, Alison Bean & DiVenanzo, Lauren & Oliveira, Horacio & Cai, Yongxia & Larson, Justin, 2023. "Quantifying the local economic supply chain impacts of renewable energy investment in Kenya," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    27. Adom, Philip Kofi & Nsabimana, Aimable, 2022. "Rural access to electricity and welfare outcomes in Rwanda: Addressing issues of transitional heterogeneities and between and within gender disparities," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    28. Pelz, Setu & Pachauri, Shonali & Falchetta, Giacomo, 2023. "Short-run effects of grid electricity access on rural non-farm entrepreneurship and employment in Ethiopia and Nigeria," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 29(C).
    29. Pelz, Setu & Aklin, Michaël & Urpelainen, Johannes, 2021. "Electrification and productive use among micro- and small-enterprises in rural North India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    30. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Bensch, Gunther & Vance, Colin, 2023. "Spotlight on researcher decisions: Infrastructure evaluation, instrumental variables, and specification screening," Ruhr Economic Papers 991, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    31. Aarakit, Sylvia Manjeri & Ntayi, Joseph M. & Wasswa, Francis & Buyinza, Faisal & Adaramola, Muyiwa S. & Ssennono, Vincent F., 2022. "The role of financial inclusion in adoption of solar photovoltaic systems: A case of Uganda," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C), pages 984-998.
    32. d'Adda, Giovanna & Mahmud, Mahreen & Said, Farah & Bonan, Jacopo, 2020. "The Role of Flexibility and Planning in Repayment Discipline: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Electricity," RFF Working Paper Series 20-14, Resources for the Future.
    33. David Boisclair & Roxane Borgès Da Silva & Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin & Pierre-Carl Michaud & Ingrid Peignier, 2022. "Combien de personnes ont développé des symptômes ou contracté la Covid-19 au Québec ? Une étude exploratoire," CIRANO Working Papers 2022s-05, CIRANO.
    34. Fetter, T. Robert & Usmani, Faraz, 2020. "Fracking, farmers, and rural electrification in India," Ruhr Economic Papers 864, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    35. Cuppari, Rosa Isabella & Branscomb, Allan & Graham, Maggie & Negash, Fikeremariam & Smith, Angelique Kidd & Proctor, Kyle & Rupp, David & Tilahun Ayalew, Abiyou & Getaneh Tilaye, Gizaw & Higgins, Chad, 2024. "Agrivoltaics: Synergies and trade-offs in achieving the sustainable development goals at the global and local scale," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 362(C).
    36. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Vance, Colin & Bensch, Gunther, 2022. "Spotlight on researcher decisions – Infrastructure evaluation, instrumental variables, and first-stage specification screening," OSF Preprints sw6kd, Center for Open Science.

  3. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification," NBER Working Papers 22292, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. , Diego, 2017. "The Natural and Infrastructural Capital Elements of Potential Post-Electrification Wealth Creation in Kenya," SocArXiv ddnhz, Center for Open Science.
    2. Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2018. "The Causal Effect of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States," AMSE Working Papers 1801, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised May 2018.
    3. Daniela Vidart, 2021. "Human Capital, Female Employment, and Electricity: Evidence from the Early 20th Century United States," Working papers 2021-08, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2022.
    4. Christopher Ksoll & Kristine Bos & Sarah Hughes & Anthony Harris & Arif Mamun, "undated". "Evaluation Design Report for the Benin Power Compact's Electricity Generation Project and Electricity Distribution Project," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 9f8974513ee745aaac3b5c62e, Mathematica Policy Research.
    5. Obsa Urgessa Ayana & Jima Degaga, 2022. "Effects of rural electrification on household welfare: a meta-regression analysis," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 69(2), pages 209-261, June.
    6. Best, Rohan & Burke, Paul J., 2018. "Electricity availability: A precondition for faster economic growth?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 321-329.
    7. Barron, Manuel & Torero, Maximo, 2015. "Household Electri cation and Indoor Air Pollution," MPRA Paper 61424, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. S.D. Martinez-Boggio & S.S. Merola & P. Teixeira Lacava & A. Irimescu & P.L. Curto-Risso, 2019. "Effect of Fuel and Air Dilution on Syngas Combustion in an Optical SI Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-23, April.
    9. B. Kelsey Jack & Grant Smith, 2016. "Charging Ahead: Prepaid Electricity Metering in South Africa," NBER Working Papers 22895, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    10. Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2020. "The Impact of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States," Working Papers halshs-02736095, HAL.
    11. Shaun McRae, 2017. "Crude Oil Price Differentials and Pipeline Infrastructure," NBER Working Papers 24170, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    12. Chaurey, Ritam & Le, Duong Trung, 2018. "Infrastructure Grants and the Performance of Microenterprises," IZA Discussion Papers 11749, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    13. Robin Burgess & Michael Greenstone & Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Demand for Electricity on the Global Electrification Frontier," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2222, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    14. Burgess, Robin & Greenstone, Michael & Ryan, Nicholas & Sudarshan, Anant, 2020. "The consequences of treating electricity as a right," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102466, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    15. Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2017. "Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Rural Electrification: Evidence from the Historical Rollout of the U.S. Power Grid," IZA Discussion Papers 11243, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    16. Ferreira, Francisco H. G. & Galasso, Emanuela & Negre, Mario, 2018. "Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and Some Policy Examples," IZA Discussion Papers 11571, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    17. Johanna Choumert & Pascale Combes Motel & Leonard Le Roux, 2018. "Stacking up the ladder: A panel data analysis of Tanzanian household energy choices," Working Papers halshs-01677296, HAL.
    18. Jeuland, Marc & Fetter, T. Robert & Li, Yating & Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. & Usmani, Faraz & Bluffstone, Randall A. & Chávez, Carlos & Girardeau, Hannah & Hassen, Sied & Jagger, Pamela & Jaime, Mónica , 2021. "Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    19. Anjali P. Verma & Imelda Imelda, 2022. "Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health, and Labour Supply," IHEID Working Papers 11-2022, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    20. Litzow, Erin L. & Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. & Thinley, Tshering, 2019. "Returns to rural electrification: Evidence from Bhutan," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 75-96.
    21. Alem, Yonas & Dugoua, Eugenie, 2021. "Learning from unincentivized and incentivized communication: A randomized controlled trial in India," Ruhr Economic Papers 895, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    22. Rains, Emily & Abraham, Ronald J., 2018. "Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 288-300.
    23. Grimm, Michael & Lenz, Luciane & Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2017. "Demand for off-grid solar electricity – Experimental evidence from Rwanda," Discussion Papers 253528, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
    24. Masamitsu Kurata & Noriatsu Matsui & Yukio Ikemoto & Hiromi Tsuboi, 2018. "In recent years, the Sustainable Development Goals has managed to shepherd the reduction of energy poverty and extension of sustainable energy, making both international objectives. Using two-period d," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 38(2), pages 995-1013.
    25. Mamadou Saliou Barry & Anna Creti, 2020. "Pay-as-you-go contracts for electricity access: bridging the « last mile » gap? A case study in Benin," Working Papers 2006, Chaire Economie du climat.
    26. Berry, James & Fischer, Gregory & Guiteras, Raymond, 2020. "Eliciting and utilizing willingness to pay: evidence from field trials in northern Ghana," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 100236, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    27. Timilsina,Govinda R. & Hochman,Gal & Song,Ze, 2020. "Infrastructure, Economic Growth, and Poverty : A Review," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9258, The World Bank.
    28. Jay P Graham & Maneet Kaur & Marc A Jeuland, 2018. "Access to environmental health assets across wealth strata: Evidence from 41 low- and middle-income countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-19, November.
    29. Valickova, Petra & Elms, Nicholas, 2021. "The costs of providing access to electricity in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and policy implications," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 148(PA).
    30. Jack, B. Kelsey, 2017. "Environmental economics in developing countries: An introduction to the special issue," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 1-7.
    31. Clarke, Rowan P. & Visser, Martine, 2019. "The Short-Run Subsidies, Take-Up, and Long-Run Demand for Off-Grid Solar for the Poor: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Rwanda," EfD Discussion Paper 19-26, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg.
    32. Lenz, Luciane & Munyehirwe, Anicet & Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2015. "Does Large Scale Infrastructure Investment Alleviate Poverty? Impacts of Rwanda's Electricity Access Roll-Out Program," Ruhr Economic Papers 555, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    33. Duncan Chaplin & Arif Mamun & Ali Protik & John Schurrer & Divya Vohra & Kristine Bos & Hannah Burak & Laura Meyer & Anca Dumitrescu & Christopher Ksoll & Thomas Cook, "undated". "Grid Electricity Expansion in Tanzania by MCC: Findings from a Rigorous Impact Evaluation, Final Report," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 144768f69008442e96369195e, Mathematica Policy Research.
    34. Jonathan D. Quartey & Wisdom D. Ametorwotia & Prosper B. Laari, 2022. "Household Effective Demand for Electricity in Ghana: Analysis and Implication for Tariffs," Management & Economics Research Journal, Faculty of Economics, Commercial and Management Sciences, Ziane Achour University of Djelfa, vol. 4(2), pages 1-24, September.
    35. Grogan, Louise, 2018. "Time use impacts of rural electrification: Longitudinal evidence from Guatemala," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 304-317.
    36. Lee, Kenneth & Miguel, Edward & Wolfram, Catherine, 2016. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt1zv1p589, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    37. Barry, Mamadou Saliou & Creti, Anna, 2020. "Pay-as-you-go contracts for electricity access: Bridging the “last mile” gap? A case study in Benin," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    38. Blimpo, Moussa P. & Postepska, Agnieszka & Xu, Yanbin, 2020. "Why is household electricity uptake low in Sub-Saharan Africa?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    39. Mamadou Saliou Barry & Anna Creti, 2020. "Pay-as-you-go contracts for electricity access: Bridging the “last mile” gap? A case study in Benin," Post-Print hal-03148505, HAL.
    40. Gertrude Kirabo Namakula and Orach Meza Faustino & Faustino, Orach Meza, 2023. "Access To The Rural Electrification Initiative And Livelihood Improvement In Rural Sanga Sub County And Sanga Town Council, Uganda," International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, Malwa International Journals Publication, vol. 9(1), February.
    41. Holstenkamp, Lars, 2019. "What do we know about cooperative sustainable electrification in the global South? A synthesis of the literature and refined social-ecological systems framework," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 307-320.
    42. Hassan Haes Alhelou & Mohamad Esmail Hamedani-Golshan & Takawira Cuthbert Njenda & Pierluigi Siano, 2019. "A Survey on Power System Blackout and Cascading Events: Research Motivations and Challenges," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-28, February.
    43. Duran, Asligul Serasu & Sahinyazan, Feyza G., 2021. "An analysis of renewable mini-grid projects for rural electrification," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    44. Ahmed, Imaduddin, 2020. "Explaining Rwanda's prioritisation of rural electrification over rural clean drinking water through institutional path dependency," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 186-201.

  4. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya," NBER Working Papers 21949, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Barron, Manuel & Torero, Maximo, 2015. "Household Electri cation and Indoor Air Pollution," MPRA Paper 61424, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Lambe, Fiona & Ran, Ylva & Jürisoo, Marie & Holmlid, Stefan & Muhoza, Cassilde & Johnson, Oliver & Osborne, Matthew, 2020. "Embracing complexity: A transdisciplinary conceptual framework for understanding behavior change in the context of development-focused interventions," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
    3. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2019. "Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?," NBER Working Papers 26528, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Mutanga, Shingirirai S. & Quitzow, Rainer & Steckel, Jan Christoph, 2018. "Tackling energy, climate and development challenges in Africa," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 12, pages 1-14.
    5. Francesco Tonini & Francesco Davide Sanvito & Fabrizio Colombelli & Emanuela Colombo, 2022. "Improving Sustainable Access to Electricity in Rural Tanzania: A System Dynamics Approach to the Matembwe Village," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-17, March.
    6. Sievert,Maximiliane & Steinbuks,Jevgenijs, 2019. "Willingness to Pay for Electricity Access in Extreme Poverty : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8906, The World Bank.
    7. Robin Burgess & Michael Greenstone & Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan, 2020. "Demand for Electricity on the Global Electrification Frontier," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2222, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    8. Kurata, Masamitsu & Matsui, Noriatsu & Ikemoto, Yukio & Tsuboi, Hiromi, 2018. "Do determinants of adopting solar home systems differ between households and micro-enterprises? Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(PA), pages 309-316.
    9. Mahadevan, Meera & Meeks, Robyn & Yamano, Takashi, 2023. "Reducing information barriers to solar adoption: Experimental evidence from India," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    10. Richmond, Jennifer & Urpelainen, Johannes, 2019. "Electrification and appliance ownership over time: Evidence from rural India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    11. Meriggi, Niccolò F. & Bulte, Erwin & Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, 2021. "Subsidies for technology adoption: Experimental evidence from rural Cameroon," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    12. David Rapson & Erich Muehlegger, 2023. "Global Transportation Decarbonization," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 37(3), pages 163-188, Summer.
    13. Rains, Emily & Abraham, Ronald J., 2018. "Rethinking barriers to electrification: Does government collection failure stunt public service provision?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 288-300.
    14. Majid Hashemi, 2021. "The Effect of Reliability Improvements on Household Electricity Consumption and Coping Behavior: A Multi-dimensional Approach," Working Paper 1469, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    15. Harrington, Elise & Athavankar, Ameya & Hsu, David, 2020. "Variation in rural household energy transitions for basic lighting in India," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    16. Best, Rohan, 2023. "Assets power solar and battery uptake in Kenya," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    17. Ding, Haoyuan & Qin, Cong & Shi, Kang, 2018. "Development through electrification: Evidence from rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 313-328.
    18. Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane & Toman, Michael A., 2018. "Rural electrification through mini-grids: Challenges ahead," Ruhr Economic Papers 781, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    19. Bharadwaj, Bishal & Subedi, Mukti Nath & Malakar, Yuwan & Ashworth, Peta, 2023. "Low-capacity decentralized electricity systems limit the adoption of electronic appliances in rural Nepal," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    20. Bajo-Buenestado, Raúl, 2021. "The effect of blackouts on household electrification status: Evidence from Kenya," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    21. Florian Egli & Churchill Agutu & Bjarne Steffen & Tobias S. Schmidt, 2023. "The cost of electrifying all households in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries by 2030," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    22. Miguel, Edward & Wolfram, Catherine & Lee, Kenneth, 2016. "Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt1s55t761, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    23. Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious & Quitzow, Rainer & Steckel, Jan Christoph, 2018. "Improving quality of life through sustainable energy and urban infrastructure in Africa," Economics Discussion Papers 2018-15, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    24. Majah-Leah Ravago & James Roumasset, 2016. "The Public Economics of Electricity Policy with Philippine Applications," Working Papers 201613, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
    25. Blimpo, Moussa P. & Postepska, Agnieszka & Xu, Yanbin, 2020. "Why is household electricity uptake low in Sub-Saharan Africa?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    26. Thomas, Daniel Robert & Harish, S.P. & Kennedy, Ryan & Urpelainen, Johannes, 2020. "The effects of rural electrification in India: An instrumental variable approach at the household level," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    27. d'Adda, Giovanna & Mahmud, Mahreen & Said, Farah & Bonan, Jacopo, 2020. "The Role of Flexibility and Planning in Repayment Discipline: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Electricity," RFF Working Paper Series 20-14, Resources for the Future.
    28. Olumide Hassan & Stephen Morse & Matthew Leach, 2020. "The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems: A Case Study in Rural Nigeria," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-24, December.

  5. Kenneth Lee & Eric Brewer & Carson Christiano & Francis Meyo & Edward Miguel & Matthew Podolsky & Javier Rosa & Catherine Wolfram, 2014. "Barriers to Electrification for "Under Grid" Households in Rural Kenya," NBER Working Papers 20327, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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Articles

  1. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2016. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(5), pages 89-94, May.
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