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| Title: | | Rural electrification and manufacturing firm performance in Benin: An ex-ante impact assessment  |
| Authors: | | Peters, Jörg Vance, Colin Harsdorff, Marek |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Ruhr economic papers 189 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | Impact evaluation propensity score matching productive electricity use |
| JEL: | | C21 O14 O22 L69 |
| ISBN: | | 978-3-86788-213-2 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des RWI Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI
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