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Does the quality of electricity matter? Evidence from rural India.
- Source :
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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization . Nov2014 Part A, Vol. 107, p228-247. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper estimates the returns to household income due to improved access to electricity in rural India. We examine the effect of connecting a household to the grid and of the quality of electricity, defined as hours of daily supply. The analysis is based on two rounds of a representative panel of more than 10,000 households. We use the district-level density of transmission cables as instrument for the electrification status of the household. We find that a grid connection increases non-agricultural incomes of rural households by about 9% during the study period (1994–2005). However, a grid connection and a higher quality of electricity (in terms of fewer outages and more hours per day) increases non-agricultural incomes by about 28.6% in the same period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01672681
- Volume :
- 107
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99332976
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.04.011