Essays in Development and Labor Economics
Chapter 1 investigates the employment effects of a mass roll-out of household electrification in rural South Africa. I exploit variation in electricity project placement and timing to estimate district fixed-effects models, and instrument for project placement using land gradient that affects the cost of grid expansion. My findings show that between 1996 and 2001, cooking with wood falls sharply in treated areas and lighting and cooking with electricity increase substantially. The results indicate asymmetric employment responses by gender: female employment rates increase by 13.5 percentage points in treated areas, while there are no significant male effects.The original 2002 sample consisted of 2, 148 Africans, 1, 977 coloureds and 593 whites.17 The survey over-sampled African ... First, Africans constitute about 77% of the South African population and their human capital out- 17I retain the use of anbsp;...
| Title | : | Essays in Development and Labor Economics |
| Author | : | Taryn Lee Dinkelman |
| Publisher | : | ProQuest - 2008 |
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