Does Electrification Matter for Child Development? Evidence from Ethiopia.

This paper examines the impacts of a large-scale grid-electrification program in rural Ethiopia on child development using high-quality panel data on nearly 1,200 children and their families. I document a slow and limited take-up of electricity at the household-level: even five years after villages'...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Development Studies Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 27 - 46
Autor principal:	Proffen, Celina
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2026
Materias:	Ethiopia Child development Gender differences (Sociology) Electrification Educational benefits Rural electrification Ethiopians
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