Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health and Labour Supply

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Verma, Anjali P.; Imelda
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac057
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 845-871
• 关键词: air-pollution; lung-function; force participation; IMPACT; Indonesia; exposure; mortality; kerosene; cooking; demand

摘要

Women bear a disproportionate share of the health and time burden associated with lack of access to modern energy. We study the impact of clean energy access on adult health and labour supply outcomes by exploiting a nationwide rollout of a clean cooking fuel program in Indonesia. We find that access to clean cooking fuel led to an improvement in women's health and an increase in their work hours. We also find an increase in men's work hours and in their propensity to have an additional job, primarily in those households where women accrued the largest program benefits.