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dc.contributor.authorPeters, Jörgen
dc.contributor.authorVance, Colinen
dc.contributor.authorHarsdorff, Mareken
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-22-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-28T07:57:00Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-28T07:57:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-86788-213-2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/37000-
dc.description.abstractProductive 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) |cEssenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aRuhr Economic Papers |x189en
dc.subject.jelC21en
dc.subject.jelO14en
dc.subject.jelO22en
dc.subject.jelL69en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordImpact evaluationen
dc.subject.keywordpropensity score matchingen
dc.subject.keywordproductive electricity useen
dc.subject.stwElektrizitätspolitiken
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwLändlicher Raumen
dc.subject.stwKleinindustrieen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensentwicklungen
dc.subject.stwBeninen
dc.titleRural Electrification and Manufacturing Firm Performance in Benin – An Ex-Ante Impact Assessment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn629735239en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:rwirep:189en

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