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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. Di Maio, Michele & Fasani, Francesco & Sciabolazza, Valerio Leone & Molini, Vasco, 2022. "Facing Displacement and a Global Pandemic: Evidence from a Fragile State," IZA Discussion Papers 15134, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Edward Miguel & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, 2021. "The Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poor Countries," NBER Working Papers 29339, 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Sedai, Ashish Kumar & Jamasb, Tooraj & Nepal, Rabindra & Miller, Ray, 2021. "Electrification and welfare for the marginalized: Evidence from India," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    2. Bernard Tenenbaum & Chris Greacen & Ashish Shrestha, 2024. "Mini Grid Solutions for Underserved Customers," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 40923, October.
    3. Davidmac O. Ekeocha & Supriya Garikipati, 2025. "Does Rural Household Electrification Improve Education in the Global South? Evidence from a Robust Bayesian Meta-Analysis," The Energy Journal, , vol. 46(6), pages 43-89, November.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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).
    7. Asher, Sam & Jha, Kritarth & Novosad, Paul & Adukia, Anjali & Tan, Brandon, 2026. "Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods," IZA Discussion Papers 18403, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Alpha Ly & Raja Chakir & Anna Creti, 2024. "Electrification or deforestation? Evidence from household practices in Côte d’Ivoire [Electrification ou déforestation ? Les pratiques des ménages en Côte d'Ivoire]," Post-Print hal-04634488, HAL.
    9. Nasirov, Shahriyar & Agostini, Claudio A. & Silva, Carlos & Gutierrez-Lagos, Luis, 2025. "Analysis of rural electrification policy formulation in Chile: Key policy challenges for developing rural electrification based on off-grid systems," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    10. Haveresch, Nils & Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Bensch, Gunther, 2025. "A Slippery Slope: Topographic Variation as an Instrument," I4R Discussion Paper Series 278, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    11. Zhu, Lin & Sheng, Yu & Liao, Hua & Blaschke, Maximilian J., 2025. "Enhancing clean cooking energy transition through living facility improvements: Experience from China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    12. 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).
    13. Enoch Ntsiful & François Cohen, 2025. "Refrigeration, Diets and Human Health: Evidence from Ghana," IREA Working Papers 202523, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics.
    14. Jayes, Jonathan & Molinder, Jakob & Enflo, Kerstin, 2025. "Power for progress: The impact of electricity on individual labor market outcomes," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    15. Lise Masselus & Jörg Ankel-Peters & Gabriel Gonzalez Sutil & Vijay Modi & Joel Mugyenyi & Anicet Munyehirwe & Nathan Williams & Maximiliane Sievert, 2025. "Adoption of Electricity in Rural Rwanda 10 Years after Connection," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, December.
    16. Ujjayant Chakravorty & Ridhima Gupta & Martino Pelli, 2022. "The economics of rural energy use in developing countries," CIRANO Working Papers 2022s-12, CIRANO.
    17. Mario Liebensteiner & Johannes Paha, 2026. "Renewable Investment and Electricity Rationing: Evidence from South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 12540, CESifo.
    18. Bhorat, Haroon & Köhler, Timothy, 2025. "Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    19. 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.
    20. Zürpel, Christian & Groh, Sebastian, 2026. "Solar microgrids at the grid edge: Long-term economic impacts of grid integration in rural Bangladesh," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C).
    21. Cheng, Zhiming & Tani, Massimiliano & Wang, Haining, 2021. "Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurship," IZA Discussion Papers 14586, IZA Network @ LISER.
    22. Lai, Wangyang & Lin, Liguo & Shen, Xiaochi & Zhou, Maigeng, 2025. "Investing in a transition fuel: The remarkable decline in mortality from China's rollout of natural gas infrastructure," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    23. Selod,Harris & Steinbuks,Jevgenijs & Trotter,Ian Michael & Blankespoor,Brian, 2024. "Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth : Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10785, The World Bank.
    24. 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).
    25. Foster,Vivien & Gorgulu,Nisan & Straub,Stéphane & Vagliasindi,Maria, 2023. "The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Qualitative Review of Four Decades of Literature," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10343, The World Bank.
    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. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Bensch, Gunther & Moull, Kevin & Rauschenbach, Mascha & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2025. "Cost-effectiveness of rural energy access strategies," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    28. 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.
    29. Merfeld, Joshua D., 2023. "Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country," IZA Discussion Papers 16316, IZA Network @ LISER.
    30. 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).
    31. Krantz, Sebastian, 2024. "Mapping Africa's infrastructure potential with geospatial big data and causal ML," Kiel Working Papers 2276, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    32. 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).
    33. 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.
    34. 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.
    35. 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.
    36. Nag, Suryadeepto, 2024. "Does reliable electricity mean lesser agricultural labor wages? Evidence from Indian villages," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    37. Jung Nahyun Seo, 2025. "Tier‐based transformation in women's time management through electricity access: Insights from rural Cambodia," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(2), pages 2250-2265, April.
    38. Huntington, Hillard, 2025. "Do high power prices slow electrification? Some panel data evidence," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    39. Yang, Yeonbin, 2025. "Does Household Electrification Empower Rural Boys and Girls Alike? Evidence from Brazil," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    40. 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.
    41. Saha, Sanjoy Kumar, 2025. "Empowering rural South Asia: Off-grid solar PV, electricity accessibility, and sustainable agriculture," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 377(PC).
    42. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Bensch, Gunther & Köngeter, Alexandra & Rauschenbach, Mascha & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2024. "Are rural energy access programs pro-poor interventions?," Ruhr Economic Papers 1117, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    43. 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).
    44. Ghaemi Asl, Mahdi & Nasr Isfahani, Mohammad & Mohammadi, Mahsa, 2024. "How does the mineral resource exploitation sector interact with Islamic and traditional ventures? Insights amidst the impact of green reforms and state-of-the-art technological advancements," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    45. 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.
    46. Pieper, Theresa & Nguyen, Thanh-Tung & Qaim, Matin, 2025. "Access to electricity and gendered labor allocation: Insights from Ethiopia," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    47. E. Somanathan & Marc Jeuland & Eshita Gupta & Utkarsh Kumar & T. V. Ninan & Rachit Kamdar & Vidisha Chowdhury & Suvir Chandna & Michael H. Bergin & Karoline Barkjohn & Christina Norris & T. Robert Fet, 2022. "Electric stoves as a solution for household air pollution: Evidence from rural India," Discussion Papers 22-04, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
    48. Igawa, Moegi & Managi, Shunsuke, 2022. "Energy poverty and income inequality: An economic analysis of 37 countries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 306(PB).
    49. Bensch, Gunther & Gotz, Gunnar & Peters, Jörg, 2020. "Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: A Comment on Dinkelman (2011)," MetaArXiv zhn9b, Center for Open Science.
    50. Ridhima Gupta & Martino Pelli, 2021. "Electrification and Cooking Fuel Choice in Rural India," CIRANO Working Papers 2021s-19, CIRANO.
    51. 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).
    52. 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.
    53. Meeks, Robyn C. & Thompson, Hope & Wang, Zhenxuan, 2025. "Decentralized renewable energy to grow manufacturing? Evidence from microhydro mini-grids in Nepal," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    54. 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).
    55. Fetter, T. Robert & Usmani, Faraz, 2024. "Fracking, farmers, and rural electrification in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    56. 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).
    57. 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.
    58. 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.
    59. Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Bensch, Gunther & Vance, Colin, 2026. "Comment on "Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Topographic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil"," I4R Discussion Paper Series 294, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    60. Bonan, Jacopo & d'Adda, Giovanna & Mahmud, Mahreen & Said, Farah, 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.
    61. 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.
    62. Hashemi, Majid, 2021. "The economic value of unsupplied electricity: Evidence from Nepal," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    63. Jabir Ali & Fariya Akbar Ansari, 2025. "Understanding Firm’s Decision towards Workforce Layoffs during COVID-19 Outbreak in India," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 68(4), pages 1259-1278, December.
    64. Poignant, Adrian, 2025. "Electricity and female employment: Evidence from Tajikistan’s winter energy crisis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    65. Casey, Gregory, 2025. "Energy availability and economic growth," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    66. Masselus, Lise & Ankel-Peters, Jörg & Sutil, Gabriel Gonzalez & Modi, Vijay & Mugyenyi, Joel & Munyehirwe, Anicet & Williams, Nathan & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2024. "10 Years After: Long-term Adoption of Electricity in Rural Rwanda," OSF Preprints 96xr8_v1, Center for Open Science.
    67. Tanu Gupta & Md. Tajuddin Khan & Digvijay Singh Negi, 2024. "Agriculture, Electrification and Gendered Time Use in Rural Bangladesh," Working Papers 137, Ashoka University, Department of Economics.

  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. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Grimm, Michael & Lenz, Luciane & Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2016. "Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda," IZA Discussion Papers 10427, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. Shaun McRae, 2017. "Crude Oil Price Differentials and Pipeline Infrastructure," NBER Working Papers 24170, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    8. Chaurey, Ritam & Le, Duong Trung, 2018. "Infrastructure Grants and the Performance of Microenterprises," IZA Discussion Papers 11749, IZA Network @ LISER.
    9. Mbewe, Patrick & Mwange, Austin, 2026. "Assessing Impact of Cost-Reflective Tariffs by ZESCO on Low-Income Households in Lusaka District between 2021 and 2026," African Journal of Commercial Studies, African Journal of Commercial Studies, vol. 7(2).
    10. Gertrude Kirabo Namakula and Orach Meza Faustino & Faustino, Orach Meza, . "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(01).
    11. 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.
    12. Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2020. "The Impact of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States," AMSE Working Papers 2019, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised Sep 2020.
    13. Best, Rohan & Burke, Paul J., 2018. "Electricity availability: A precondition for faster economic growth?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 321-329.
    14. Grogan, Louise, 2018. "Time use impacts of rural electrification: Longitudinal evidence from Guatemala," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 304-317.
    15. Emma Hooper & Sanjay Peters & Patrick A. Pintus, 2018. "The Causal Effect of Infrastructure Investments on Income Inequality: Evidence from US States," Working Papers halshs-01684565, HAL.
    16. Lenz, Luciane & Munyehirwe, Anicet & Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2017. "Does Large-Scale Infrastructure Investment Alleviate Poverty? Impacts of Rwanda’s Electricity Access Roll-Out Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 88-110.
    17. Verma, Anjali P. & Imelda, Imelda, 2019. "Clean Energy Access : Gender Disparity, Health, and Labor Supply," UC3M Working papers. Economics 29397, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
    18. 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).
    19. 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.
    20. 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.
    21. 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.
    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. 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 data collected in Bangladesh, we assess the impact ," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 38(2), pages 995-1013.
    24. Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson, 2017. "Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Rural Electrification: Evidence from the Historical Rollout of the U.S. Power Grid," IZA Discussion Papers 11243, IZA Network @ LISER.
    25. Ferreira, Francisco H. G. & Galasso, Emanuela & Negre, Mario, 2018. "Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and Some Policy Examples," IZA Discussion Papers 11571, IZA Network @ LISER.
    26. Choumert-Nkolo, Johanna & Combes Motel, Pascale & Le Roux, Leonard, 2019. "Stacking up the ladder: A panel data analysis of Tanzanian household energy choices," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 222-235.
    27. Barron, Manuel & Torero, Maximo, 2017. "Household electrification and indoor air pollution," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 81-92.
    28. Kondylis, Florence & Legovini, Arianna & Vyborny, Kate & Zwager, Astrid & Andrade, Luiza, 2025. "Demand for “Safe Space”: Avoiding harassment and complying with norms," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    29. 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.
    30. 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).
    31. 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.
    32. 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.
    33. Timilsina,Govinda R. & Hochman,Gal & Song,Ze, 2020. "Infrastructure, Economic Growth, and Poverty : A Review," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9258, The World Bank.
    34. B. Kelsey Jack & Grant Smith, 2016. "Charging Ahead: Prepaid Electricity Metering in South Africa," NBER Working Papers 22895, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    35. 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).
    36. 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.
    37. 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.
    38. 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.
    39. 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).
    40. Blimpo, Moussa P. & Postepska, Agnieszka & Xu, Yanbin, 2020. "Why is household electricity uptake low in Sub-Saharan Africa?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    41. 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.
    42. 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.
    43. 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.
    44. 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, Luleå University of Technology.
    45. 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.
    46. 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.

  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. Erich Muehlegger & David Rapson, 2023. "Global Transportation Decarbonization," Working Papers 2309, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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