Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Rural Electrification: Evidence from the Historical Rollout of the U.S. Power Grid
Electrification among American farm households increased from less than 10 percent to nearly 100 percent over a three decade span, 1930{1960. We exploit the historical rollout of the U.S. power grid to study the short- and long-run impacts of rural electrification on local economies. In the short ru...
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| Volume: | 11243 |
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| Main Author: |
Lewis, Joshua
Severnini, Edson R |
| Format: | Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Place of publication: |
Bonn Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 2017 |
| published in: | IZA Discussion Papers Vol. 11243 |
| Data of publication: | 2017 |
| Discipline: | Agriculture |
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| Database: | EconStor Database information Databases - DBIS |