Matching data on electricity grid access in Java, Indonesia with census data on the island’s manufacturing firms, allowed for an estimate to be made of the causal impact of such access on various firm outcomes.
Preliminary results show that access to electricity increases firm revenue, capital, and investment. These results are potentially important in guiding policy and...
Evidence shows that firms in developing countries are less productive relative to their counterparts in developed countries. Poor electricity supply is one suggested reason. However, there is little causal empirical evidence to verify this. Two drivers of long run growth have been identified by economists. The first is total factor productivity (TFP), or technology...
14 Jun 2016 | Dana Kassem
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