The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru

We study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program’s roll-out across districts over time, we adopt differences-in-differences and fixed-effects strategies to estimate the impact of electrification on labor market outcomes. Our preferred spe...

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Autores: Dasso, Rosamaría, Fernández, Fernando, 1944-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Electrificació
Perú
Electrification
Employment
Peru
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spelling The effects of electrification on employment in rural PeruDasso, RosamaríaFernández, Fernando, 1944-ElectrificacióPerúElectrificationEmploymentPeruWe study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program’s roll-out across districts over time, we adopt differences-in-differences and fixed-effects strategies to estimate the impact of electrification on labor market outcomes. Our preferred specification suggests that, among males, the program increases hours of work and diminishes the likelihood of having a second occupation. Among females, the treatment raises employment and earnings and increases the probability of working outside the agricultural sector.We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the III Contest of Essays on Labor and Social Issues in Latin America - 2013, jointly organized by CEDLAS (UNLP-Argentina) and IDRC (Canada).SpringerOpen201520152015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/25419http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40175-015-0028-4reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésIZA Journal of Labor & Development. 2015;4:6© 2015 Dasso and Fernandez; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/254192026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
spellingShingle The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
Dasso, Rosamaría
Electrificació
Perú
Electrification
Employment
Peru
title_short The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
title_full The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
title_fullStr The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
title_full_unstemmed The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
title_sort The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dasso, Rosamaría
Fernández, Fernando, 1944-
author Dasso, Rosamaría
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Fernández, Fernando, 1944-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Electrificació
Perú
Electrification
Employment
Peru
topic Electrificació
Perú
Electrification
Employment
Peru
description We study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program’s roll-out across districts over time, we adopt differences-in-differences and fixed-effects strategies to estimate the impact of electrification on labor market outcomes. Our preferred specification suggests that, among males, the program increases hours of work and diminishes the likelihood of having a second occupation. Among females, the treatment raises employment and earnings and increases the probability of working outside the agricultural sector.
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