Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health, and Labour Supply

Anjali P. Verma () and Imelda Imelda
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Anjali P. Verma: The University of Texas at Austin

No 11-2022, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: Women bear a disproportionate share of the health and time burden associated with lack of access to modern energy. We study the impact of clean energy access on adult health and labour supply outcomes by exploiting a nationwide rollout of a clean cooking fuel program in Indonesia. We find that access to clean cooking fuel led to an improvement in women's health and an increase in their work hours. We also find an increase in men's work hours and in their propensity to have an additional job, primarily in those households where women accrued the largest program benefits.

Keywords: gender inequality; energy access; health; labour supply; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I15 I18 J22 O13 Q48 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58 pages
Date: 2022-05-06
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Working Paper: Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health, and Labor Supply (2019)
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