IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/alo/isipdp/22-04.html

Electric stoves as a solution for household air pollution: Evidence from rural India

Author

Listed:
  • E. Somanathan

    (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)

  • Marc Jeuland

    (Duke University, RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research)

  • Eshita Gupta

    (KPMG India)

  • Utkarsh Kumar

    (Indian Statistical Institute, Columbia Univeristy)

  • T. V. Ninan

    (Indian Statistical Institute, University of Washington)

  • Rachit Kamdar

    (Indian Statistical Institute, University of Maryland)

  • Vidisha Chowdhury

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

  • Suvir Chandna

    (Indian Statistical Institute, United Nations Development Programme)

  • Michael H. Bergin

    (Duke University)

  • Karoline Barkjohn

    (Duke Univesity, US Environmental Protection Agency)

  • Christina Norris

    (Duke University)

  • T. Robert Fetter

    (Duke University)

  • Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

    (Duke University)

Abstract

We collected minute-by-minute data on electricity availability, electric induction stove use, and kitchen and outdoor particulate pollution in a sample of rural Indian households for one year. Using within household-month variation generated by unpredictable outages, we estimate the effects of electricity availability and electric induction stove use on kitchen PM2.5 concentration at each hour of the day. Electricity availability reduces kitchen PM2.5 by up to 50 μg/m3, which is between 10 and 20 percent of peak concentrations during cooking hours. Induction stove use instrumented by electricity availability reduces PM2.5 in kitchens by 200-450 μg/m3 during cooking hours

Suggested Citation

  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:alo:isipdp:22-04
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.isid.ac.in/~epu/dispapers/dp22_04.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2020. "Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 34(1), pages 122-144, Winter.
    2. Rema Hanna & Esther Duflo & Michael Greenstone, 2016. "Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 8(1), pages 80-114, February.
    3. Hunt Allcott & Allan Collard-Wexler & Stephen D. O'Connell, 2016. "How Do Electricity Shortages Affect Industry? Evidence from India," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(3), pages 587-624, March.
    4. Gould, Carlos F. & Schlesinger, Samuel B. & Molina, Emilio & Bejarano, M. Lorena & Valarezo, Alfredo & Jack, Darby W., 2020. "Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ai, Hongshan & Tan, Xiaoqing, 2025. "The impact of exposure to pipeline gas connection during pregnancy on child development: Evidence from China," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    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. 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.
    3. Gupta, Ridhima & Pelli, Martino, 2021. "Electrification and cooking fuel choice in rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    4. Igawa, Moegi & Managi, Shunsuke, 2022. "Energy poverty and income inequality: An economic analysis of 37 countries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 306(PB).
    5. Casey, Gregory, 2025. "Energy availability and economic growth," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. Hashemi, Majid, 2021. "The economic value of unsupplied electricity: Evidence from Nepal," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    9. Ujjayant Chakravorty & Ridhima Gupta & Martino Pelli, 2022. "The economics of rural energy use in developing countries," CIRANO Working Papers 2022s-12, CIRANO.
    10. 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).
    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. Mario Liebensteiner & Johannes Paha, 2026. "Renewable Investment and Electricity Rationing: Evidence from South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 12540, CESifo.
    13. Ly, Alpha & Chakir, Raja & Creti, Anna, 2024. "Electrification or deforestation? Evidence from household practices in Côte d’Ivoire," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    14. 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).
    15. 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).
    16. Poignant, Adrian, 2025. "Electricity and female employment: Evidence from Tajikistan’s winter energy crisis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    17. Richard S.J. Tol, 2017. "The Private Benefit of Carbon and its Social Cost," Working Paper Series 0717, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    18. Nag, Suryadeepto, 2024. "Does reliable electricity mean lesser agricultural labor wages? Evidence from Indian villages," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    19. Meera Mahadevan, 2025. "You Get What You Pay For: Electricity Quality and Firm Dynamics," CESifo Working Paper Series 12168, CESifo.
    20. Bonan, Jacopo & Pareglio, Stefano & Tavoni, Massimo, "undated". "Access to Modern Energy: a Review of Impact Evaluations," Energy: Resources and Markets 189697, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:alo:isipdp:22-04. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Debasis Mishra (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/isindin.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.