Rural electrification and agricultural family time allocation decisions

Felipe Ribeiro, André Souza and André Carraro

Applied Economics, 2021, vol. 53, issue 16, 1867-1885

Abstract: This article investigates the effects of electricity on time allocation in labour market and subsistence activities among adults, adolescents and children living in households in Brazilian rural areas. It explores the eligibility rule of a large-scale public policy programme on access to electricity in rural areas as an instrumental variable. Using the microdata from 2000 to 2010 Demographic Census, it finds that the access to electricity increases the time devoted to subsistence and decreases the time spent in the labour market among all members of agricultural families. These effects are stronger among female individuals. Also, it shows an increase in school attendance among children and male adolescents. There is no schooling effect among female adolescents. Finally, placebo exercises for urban areas suggest that instrumental variable is indeed capturing the effect of the program.

Date: 2021
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