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The effect of rural electrification on firm creation - new evidence from Ghana
- Abstract:
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Billions of dollars are spent each year on electrification infrastructure projects in the hope to benefit the 770 million people who still lack access to electricity. However, the evidence to date on the effects of such projects is mixed. In this paper, I study the effect of rural electrification on firm creation in Ghana by focusing on the effect on female-owned microenterprises. I combine firm census data covering over 638,000 firms (including informal and rural establishments) with electri...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Centre for the Study of African Economies Publisher's website
- Article number:
- WPS2021-10
- Series:
- CSAE Working Paper Series
- Publication date:
- 2021-09-08
- Paper number:
- WPS2021-10
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1193968
- Local pid:
- pubs:1193968
- Deposit date:
- 2021-09-08
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- Copyright holder:
- Tom Carlowitz
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021, The Author(s).
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