Long-term impacts of household electrification in rural India (English)

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 through changes in market labor supply. It finds positive effects on schooling for girls...

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Van De Walle,Dominique;

Ravallion,Martin;

Mendiratta,Vibhuti;

Koolwal,Gayatri B.;
Document Date
2013/06/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6527
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/06/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Long-term impacts of household electrification in rural India
Keywords
Electricity

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Van De Walle,Dominique; Ravallion,Martin; Mendiratta,Vibhuti; Koolwal,Gayatri B..

Long-term impacts of household electrification in rural India (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6527 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/978441468259464720

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