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Long-term Impacts of Household Electrification in Rural India

dc.contributor.authorvan de Walle, Dominique
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMendiratta, Vibhuti
dc.contributor.authorKoolwal, Gayatri
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-26T19:41:59Z
dc.date.available2013-09-26T19:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.description.abstractIndia's huge expansion in rural electrification in the 1980s and 1990s offers lessons for other countries today. The paper examines the long-term effects of household electrification on consumption, labor supply, and schooling in rural India over 1982-99. It finds that household electrification brought significant gains to consumption and earnings, the latter through changes in market labor supply. It finds positive effects on schooling for girls but not for boys. External effects are also evident, whereby households without electricity benefit from village electrification. Wage rates were unaffected. Methodologically, the results suggest sizeable upward biases in past estimates of the gains from electrification associated with how past analyses dealt with geographic effects.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17942598/long-term-impacts-household-electrification-rural-india
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15885
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6527
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectBARGAINING
dc.subjectBARGAINING POWER
dc.subjectBASE YEAR
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENEFITS OF ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectBIO-FUELS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUELS
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCLEANER FUEL
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION INCREASES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
dc.subjectCOVERS
dc.subjectDAM CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectDAMS
dc.subjectDAYLIGHT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDIESEL GENERATORS
dc.subjectDISPLACEMENT
dc.subjectDOMESTIC LIGHTING
dc.subjectECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subjectECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectELECTRIC ENERGY
dc.subjectELECTRIC LIGHTING
dc.subjectELECTRIC STOVES
dc.subjectELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY ACCESS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY AUTHORITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GRID
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY USE
dc.subjectELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY ECONOMICS
dc.subjectENERGY OUTLOOK
dc.subjectENERGY POLICY
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENGINES
dc.subjectEXCESS SUPPLY
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITY
dc.subjectFANS
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectGENERATING CAPACITY
dc.subjectGRID CONNECTION
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHEATING
dc.subjectHIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHYDROELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME EFFECT
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectKEROSENE
dc.subjectKEROSENE LAMPS
dc.subjectKEROSENE LIGHTING
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARGINAL PRODUCT
dc.subjectMARGINAL REVENUE
dc.subjectMARGINAL UTILITY
dc.subjectMARKET WAGE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATING PLANT
dc.subjectPOWER LINES
dc.subjectPOWER PLANT
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR
dc.subjectPOWER STATIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectREAL WAGE RATES
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectSIGNS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectTHERMAL POWER
dc.subjectTIME CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL BIOMASS
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL FUELS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectVARIABLE INPUTS
dc.subjectVILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectVOLTAGE
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectschooling
dc.titleLong-term Impacts of Household Electrification in Rural Indiaen
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okr.date.disclosure2013-06-07
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17942598/long-term-impacts-household-electrification-rural-india
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6527
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: Agricultural extension and research
okr.themeRural development :: Other rural development
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Engineering
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topicEnergy::Electric Power
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unitHuman Development (DECHD)
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