This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household … electrification is associated with a broad range of social and economic benefits, the size of the effects depends importantly on the … estimated to be US$11 billion a year. Moreover, India's rural electrification policy appears to be progressive because lower …

between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the … through which non-farm employment might improve the welfare of rural households. Although participation in non-farm activities …, controlling for time varying differences in local market conditions and employment opportunities. The results suggest that non …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural … village sample leads to underestimation of agriculture's role in employment growth and transformation of non-farm activities … agricultural productivity growth on growth of informal (small-scale) manufacturing and skilled services employment, mainly in …

This paper examines the effect of the financial crisis on off-farm employment of China's rural labor force. Using a … 2009 the reduction in off-farm employment as a result of the crises was 6.8 percent of the rural labor force. Monthly …

, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …

electrification. Although many studies find substantial socioeconomic benefits from rural electrification, others propose that these … electrification are highly context dependent. Using a panel data of 7,018 rural households in Bangladesh for 2005 and 2010, the paper … development outcomes considered, while some benefits of electrification accrue only over the long run. The overall gain from …

. Employment and education are identified as the two most important causal channels through which electrification enables …Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities … freedom, and social participation. Using propensity score matching, the study finds that electrification enhances all measures …

India'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 …

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 … electrification also increases the labor supply of men and women, schooling of boys and girls, and household per capita income and …