Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis

Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler ()

No wp-2024-20, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Frequent electricity outages threaten to impede the benefits of expanded access achieved by many developing countries in recent decades. A large literature documents these negative effects, however almost none consider labour market effects. This paper merges labour force survey microdata with high-frequency electricity supply and demand data to provide the first estimates of the relationships between outages and labour market outcomes in South Africa, a country characterized by frequent, severe outages referred to as load shedding.

Keywords: Electricity; Labour market; Developing countries; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Journal Article: Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis (2025)
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