Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India
Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India
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DOI：
10.5547/01956574.35.2.4
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Barnes, Douglas F.
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作者：
Khandker, Shahidur R.;Samad, Hussain A.;Barnes, Douglas F.
本文应用计量经济学分析，估计农村电气化的平均和分配效益，从印度丰富的家庭调查数据。研究结果表明，农村电气化有助于减少家庭成员收集木柴的时间，增加男孩和女孩学习的时间。农村电气化还增加了男子和妇女的劳动力供应、男孩和女孩的入学率、家庭人均收入和支出。电气化也有助于减少贫困。但是，更大份额的好处归于较富裕的农村家庭，而较贫穷的家庭用电量更有限。分析还表明，由于经常停电，电力供应受到限制，对家庭电力连接及其消费产生了不利影响，从而减少了农村电气化的预期效益。
This paper applies an econometric analysis to estimate the average and distribution benefits of rural electrification using rich household survey data from India. The results support that rural electrification helps reduce time allocated to fuel wood collection by household members and increases time allocated to studying by boys and girls. Rural electrification also increases labor supply of men and women, schooling of boys and girls, household per capita income and expenditure. Electrification also helps reduce poverty. But the larger share of benefits accrues to wealthier rural households, with poorer ones having a more limited use of electricity. The analysis also shows that restricted supply of electricity, due to frequent power outages, negatively affects both household electricity connection and its consumption, thereby reducing the expected benefits of rural electrification.