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Household-level effects of electricity on off-farm income

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  • Brandon Alan Bridge

    (Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana)

  • Matías Fontenla

    (Department of Economics, University of New Mexico)

Abstract

This paper looks at the effect of energy poverty on income in Nicaragua. Energy poverty, defined as the absence of sufficient choice in accessing adequate, affordable, reliable, high-quality, safe and environmentally benign energy services to support economic and human development, can have wide-ranging impacts on human development and quality of life. Nicaragua is one of the least developed countries in Latin America, and has a high incidence of energy poverty. Almost 28% of households in Nicaragua have no access to electricity. Using Living Standards Measurement Survey panel data from 1998-99 and 2005, and propensity score matching quantile difference-in-difference techniques, this paper investigates energy poverty in Nicaragua and its impact on household off-farm income. We find large and significant effects of electricity on off-farm income.

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  • Brandon Alan Bridge & Matías Fontenla, 2019. "Household-level effects of electricity on off-farm income," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(1), pages 409-418.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-17-00885
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    Cited by:

    1. 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.

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    Keywords

    energy poverty; electricity; rural electrification; development; poverty; Nicaragua;
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    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

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