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Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis

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  • Haroon Bhorat
  • Timothy Köhler

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Frequent electricity outages threaten to impede the benefits of expanded access achieved by many developing countries in recent decades. A large literature documents these negative effects, however almost none consider labour market effects. This paper merges labour force survey microdata with high-frequency electricity supply and demand data to provide the first estimates of the relationships between outages and labour market outcomes in South Africa, a country characterized by frequent, severe outages referred to as load shedding.

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  • Haroon Bhorat & Timothy Köhler, 2024. "Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-20, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2024-20
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