electricity access gap, distributed power generation systems such as minigrids and stand-alone photovoltaic systems emerge as … electrification is positively associated with households' electricity uptake, ownership of low-power home appliances, and agricultural …

gained early access to electricity experienced increased economic growth that persisted for decades after the country was …

Electricity is a general purpose technology and the catalyst for the second industrial revolution. What was its impact … higher-voltage electricity lines. Instrumenting for electrification using hydro-electric potential, we find that the average …

-protecting adaptations to high temperatures. The second part of the paper examines the private and external costs of electricity generation …. Extreme temperatures increase electricity demand in the residential sector (relative to moderate temperatures), but not in the … commercial, industrial, and transportation end-use sectors. The additional electricity demand in response to high temperatures …

while considered as extremely large in the public debate in Europe. The main argument is based on a fundamental property of …. Two sets of implications are then derived: on one hand, mobility costs are high in Europe and transitions between steady …-states has especially strong adverse effects. Jobs endogenously last longer in Europe than in the US, but when they are destroyed …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over …