Replication data for: Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Kenneth Lee; Edward Miguel; Catherine Wolfram

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Project Citation:

Lee, Kenneth, Miguel, Edward, and Wolfram, Catherine. Replication data for: Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113476V1

Project Description

Summary: In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are active debates about whether increases in energy access should be driven by investments in electric grid infrastructure or small-scale "home solar" systems (e.g., solar lanterns and solar home systems). We summarize the results of a household electrical appliance survey and describe how households in rural Kenya differ in terms of appliance ownership and aspirations. Our data suggest that home solar is not a substitute for grid power. Furthermore, the environmental advantages of home solar are likely to be relatively small in countries like Kenya, where grid power is primarily derived from non-fossil fuel sources.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      L94 Electric Utilities
      L98 Industry Studies: Utilities and Transportation: Government Policy
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
      O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
      Q42 Alternative Energy Sources
      Q48 Energy: Government Policy

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