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Lights Off, Lights On: The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms

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dc.contributor.authorHardy, Morgan
dc.contributor.authorMcCasland, Jamie
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T19:13:13Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T19:13:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-09
dc.description.abstractEntrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little evidence exists on how blackouts impact the micro-firms that account for the majority of employment. This article estimates the effects of outages on small firms using original firm-level panel data and finds evidence of differential effects by firm size. Firms without employees experience large reductions in revenues and profits. Outages have no measurable effect on the output of firms with employees, where worker hours increase, weekly wages paid decrease, and the analysis fails to reject the null hypothesis that blackouts have no effect on (average firm-level) worker hourly wages.en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40278
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40278
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINFRASTRACTURE
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.titleLights Off, Lights On: The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firmsen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/1/19/5618759 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleLights Off, Lights On: The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-28
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhz028
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40278
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber19-33
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicEnergy::Electric Power
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Technology & Transmission
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.volume35 (1)
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