@techreport{Peters2010Rural,
abstract = {Productive electricity use is widely believed to contribute to positive impacts of electrification projects. This paper investigates these impacts by comparing the performance of micro manufacturing enterprises in grid-covered and non-covered villages in Northern Benin. Using firm-level data, the empirical analysis employs a Propensity Score Matching. While beneficial impacts are found from firm creation after electrification, firms that existed before actually show a non-significantly inferior performance to their matched counterparts from a non-electrified region. Complementary measures that sensitize firms about the implications of a grid connection are recommended as important features of program design.},
address = {Essen},
author = {J\"{o}rg Peters and Colin Vance and Marek Harsdorff},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
isbn = {978-3-86788-213-2},
keywords = {C21; O14; O22; L69; 330; Impact evaluation; propensity score matching; productive electricity use; Elektrizit\"{a}tspolitik; Wirkungsanalyse; L\"{a}ndlicher Raum; Kleinindustrie; Unternehmensentwicklung; Benin},
language = {eng},
number = {189},
publisher = {RWI},
title = {Rural electrification and manufacturing firm performance in Benin: An ex-ante impact assessment},
type = {Ruhr economic papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37000},
year = {2010}
}
