From Darkness to Light
The Effect of Electrification in Ghana, 2000-2010
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5112467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Akpandjar (Wells Fargo (United States)), Carl Kitchens (0000-0003-3839-9400, Florida State University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-54 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/693707 |
| OpenAlex | W2753297805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines the relationship between electrification, the structure of employment, and the structure of the household using the rollout of electricity in Ghana between 2000 and 2010. We find, using the 10% microsamples of the Ghana census, that residential electric access led to movements out of agriculture and toward higher-skilled wage-earning occupations. Within the household, electrification resulted in a shift away from the use of wood fuels, reduced fertility, and led to larger investments in the education of existing children
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Electric light · Electricity · Electrification · Geography · Labour economics · Population · Rural electrification · Sociology · Wage · Demography · Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Bootstrap-Based Improvements for Inference with Clustered Errors
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The Demand for Children in Farm Households
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The Role of Publicly Provided Electricity in Economic Development
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |