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Impacts of access to electricity on employment and household income growth in Cambodia

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  • Asami Takeda

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Jonna P. Estudillo

    (University of the Philippines)

Abstract

This study examines the impacts of access to electricity on household welfare in terms of employment and income growth in Cambodia. To correct for the endogeneity of electricity, we introduce two instruments: (1) population density at village level; and (2) distance between the center of the village and the nearest electricity substation point. Results show a strong and positive effect of household access to electricity on the probability of participation in wage employment and self-employment in the nonfarm sector. Access to electricity contributes to total household income growth through the growth of household nonfarm income. Evidence shows that electrification has facilitated the shift of household livelihood away from self-employment on farms and to wage work in the nonfarm sector, which eventually served as the main driver of household income growth.

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  • Asami Takeda & Jonna P. Estudillo, 2025. "Impacts of access to electricity on employment and household income growth in Cambodia," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 62(1), pages 56-76, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:62:y:2025:i:1:p:56-76
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    Keywords

    access to electricity; employment; household income; Cambodia;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

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