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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| Main Author: |
Lewis, Joshua
Severnini, Edson R |
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| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English |
| Place of publication: |
Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 01.01.2017 |
| Data of publication: | 2017-01-01 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 330 |
| Discipline: | Economics Agriculture |
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| Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
| Database: | OpenAIRE (Open Access) OpenAIRE Database information Databases - DBIS |