Electricity and firm productivity: A general equilibrium approach Eliminating power outages in the developing world would substantially raise firm productivity and worker wages in the long run Energy & Environment Stephie Fried David Lagakos Published 10.07.20
Charging ahead: Prepaid metering, electricity use, and utility revenue Prepaid electricity meters are changing how residential customers pay for power across the developing world Energy & Environment Kelsey Jack Grant Smith Published 02.08.19
Electricity grid expansion and firm turnover in Indonesia Electrification generates industrial development by attracting entrants through lowering barriers to entry, and thus increasing competition Energy & Environment Dana Kassem Published 31.07.19
Can electricity access help solve poverty in Kenya? Ensuring sufficient investment to establish reliable access to comprehensive basic services, beyond electricity, is needed for impacts to be achieved Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 29.07.19
Ideas for development Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity Public Economics Robin Burgess Published 08.08.18
Determining the social and economic benefits of basic energy access in rural India A programme providing rural Indian communities with basic access to electricity did not have broader social or economic impacts in these communities Energy & Environment Michaël Aklin Patrick Bayer S.P. Harish Johannes Urpelainen Published 19.07.17
Let them buy light in rural Bihar Solar micro-grid product can bridge the gaps in access to electricity, with potentially large economic and welfare gains to households Energy & Environment Robin Burgess Nicholas Ryan Anant Sudarshan Published 21.06.17
