Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/110131
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8928
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly increased electricity coverage in rural areas. Using household survey panel data from 2007-2010, we document that: i) girls living in treated districts are more likely to be enrolled in school, and this effect is larger among younger girls; ii) this positive effect on female enrollment does not translate into higher attendance rates; iii) households in treated areas spend more money on younger girls' education. In addition, we use school-level panel data from 2007-2012 on Math and Reading test scores to show that treatment is associated with a reduction in learning. But, among treated schools, longer treatment exposure increases scores in Reading for boys and girls; and improves performance in Math, only among boys. Finally, our estimates are robust to controlling for other confounding interventions.
Subjects: 
education
rural electrification
Peru
JEL: 
I25
O13
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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