Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India
This paper applies an econometric analysis to estimate the average and distribution benefits of rural electrification using rich household survey data from India. The results support that rural electrification helps to reduce time allocated to fuelwood collection by household members and increases t...
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Format | Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
2012
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Edition | 323 |
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Summary: | This paper applies an econometric analysis to estimate the average and distribution benefits of rural
electrification using rich household survey data from India. The results support that rural electrification helps
to reduce time allocated to fuelwood collection by household members and increases time allocated to
studying by boys and girls. Rural electrification also increases labor supply of men and women, schooling of
boys and girls, household per capita income and expenditure. Electrification also helps reduce poverty. But
the larger share of benefits accrues to wealthier rural households, with poorer ones having a more limited use
of electricity. The analysis also shows that restricted supply of electricity, due to frequent power outages,
negatively affects both household electricity connection and its consumption, thereby reducing the expected
benefits of rural electrification. |
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DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.125090 |