This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household … reliability of electricity service. Gaining access to electricity combined with a reliable power supply is associated with a 17 … percent increase in income during the sample period, but gaining access to electricity alone is associated with only a 9 …

This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household … reliability of electricity service. Gaining access to electricity combined with a reliable power supply is associated with a 17 … percent increase in income during the sample period, but gaining access to electricity alone is associated with only a 9 …

The study focuses on the impact of electricity on the income, health and education of the rural Bhutanese. The results … from kerosene to electricity for lighting alone results in a consumers surplus of about Nu. 29,700 per household. Use of … electricity in hospitals. There are more students studying for longer duration, and higher enrollment in non formal education in …

How can demand for electricity be estimated without fine-grained usage data? Employing an original and large dataset …, we develop a novel method for determining drivers of demand without electricity meter data. We first segment Indian … consumers by their willingness to pay for electricity service, their level of usage, and their satisfaction with lighting, and …