Electricity Access and Structural Transformation : Evidence from Brazil's Electrification (English)

This study proposes a novel supply-side mechanism driving economic structural transformation: grid electrification. Increasing electricity availability affects the reallocation of inputs to more productive activities through generating higher returns and lowering entry costs in sectors with greater infrastructure intensity. The results of modeling and econometric analysis based on Brazil's historical data over the period 1970-2006 confirm that the...

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Perez Sebastian,Fidel;

Steinbuks,Jevgenijs;

Feres,Jose Gustavo;

Trotter,Ian Michael;
Document Date
2020/03/13
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9182
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2020/03/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Electricity Access and Structural Transformation : Evidence from Brazil's Electrification
Keywords
electricity infrastructure

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Perez Sebastian,Fidel; Steinbuks,Jevgenijs; Feres,Jose Gustavo; Trotter,Ian Michael.

Electricity Access and Structural Transformation : Evidence from Brazil's Electrification (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9182 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728811584105259025

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