Social Benefits of Clean Energy: Evidence from Bangladesh

Gazi Uddin, Chowdhury Abdullah-Al-Baki (), Donghyun Park, Ali Ahmed () and Shu Tian ()
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Chowdhury Abdullah-Al-Baki: Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
Ali Ahmed: Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
Shu Tian: Asian Development Bank

No 685, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: Solar adoption exploded until 2015 in Bangladesh, setting a precedent for electrifying previously unconnected areas worldwide. This study tries to measure the welfare effects of solar adoption using the three rounds of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Surveys. We applied both ordinary least squares and propensity score matching techniques to estimate the welfare effects of solar adoption. We found that solar adoption is associated with higher income, expenditure, and asset value growth, and a massive reduction in kerosene expenditure than non-adopters. Other findings include that solar households tend to abandon sharecropping in favor of trading and poultry farming, and that children in solar households benefit in terms of schooling and nutrition.

Keywords: energy transition; solar adoption; education; welfare; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 O13 O55 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2023-06-04
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