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Social Benefits of Clean Energy: Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Uddin, Gazi Salah

    (Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University)

  • Abdullah-Al-Baki, Chowdhury

    (Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University)

  • Park, Donghyun

    (Asian Development Bank)

  • Ahmed, Ali

    (Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University)

  • Tian, Shu

    (Asian Development Bank)

Abstract

Solar adoption exploded until 2015 in Bangladesh, setting a precedent for electrifying previously unconnected areas worldwide. This study tries to measure the welfare effects of solar adoption using the three rounds of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Surveys. We applied both ordinary least squares and propensity score matching techniques to estimate the welfare effects of solar adoption. We found that solar adoption is associated with higher income, expenditure, and asset value growth, and a massive reduction in kerosene expenditure than non-adopters. Other findings include that solar households tend to abandon sharecropping in favor of trading and poultry farming, and that children in solar households benefit in terms of schooling and nutrition.

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  • Uddin, Gazi Salah & Abdullah-Al-Baki, Chowdhury & Park, Donghyun & Ahmed, Ali & Tian, Shu, 2023. "Social Benefits of Clean Energy: Evidence from Bangladesh," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 685, Asian Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:adbewp:0685
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    Keywords

    energy transition; solar adoption; education; welfare; Bangladesh;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources

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