Agriculture, electrification and gendered time use in rural Bangladesh

Tanu Gupta, Md Tajuddin Khan and Digvijay Negi ()

Energy Economics, 2025, vol. 150, issue C

Abstract: We study the linkages between local rural electrification, activity participation and time use of individuals in rural Bangladesh. We find that households’ access to grid electricity positively correlates with the likelihood of males participating in non-farm work and females participating in agriculture. In electrified households, females reallocate time from domestic work and caregiving to more leisure and farming. Household access to electricity is positively associated with increased ownership of appliances such as fans, refrigerators, televisions, and mobile phones, as well as greater use of electric pumps for irrigation. Electrification is also linked to higher employment of female household members in farm operations and greater involvement in decision-making related to agricultural activities and household expenditures. These findings suggest that in farming communities, agriculture may play a critical role in the linkages between rural household electrification, women’s workforce participation, and household bargaining power.

Keywords: Electrification; Agriculture; Time use; Gender; Labor; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 J16 J22 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108827

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