The impact of electrification on labour market outcomes in Nigeria

Simone Tagliapietra (), Giovanni Occhiali (), Enrico Nano and Robert Kalcik ()
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Simone Tagliapietra: Bruegel
Giovanni Occhiali: University of Sussex
Robert Kalcik: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Robert Hawlik ()

Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 2020, vol. 37, issue 3, No 2, 737-779

Abstract: Abstract This article aims at providing a better understanding of the effect of electricity access onto labour market outcomes in Nigeria, a country which hosts the second largest population without access to electricity in the world after India, but which has received so far very little attention from the academic community. We assess, through a rigorous econometric analysis carried out employing probit, biprobit and propensity score matching, this impact on the proportion of employed working age components of a household. We consider both female and male employment as well as agricultural and non-agricultural employment separately, further disaggregating the effect between rural and urban households. Our results show that, once the possible endogeneity in the relationships under investigation is tackled, electricity access has indeed a relevant impact on particular labour market outcomes. Specifically, we show a consistent shift out of agricultural employment of around 7% and into non-agricultural employment of about 15%., with some evidence of a positive effect on overall labour participation. These findings show that the expansion of electricity access to households which are not yet connected to the grid could play a relevant role in both increasing labour market participation and in helping the transformation of the Nigerian economy away from agricultural activities.

Keywords: Nigeria; Energy access; Electrification; Labour market; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s40888-020-00189-2

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