Susanna Berkouwer
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Publications
S. Berkouwer and J. Dean. "Credit, attention, and externalities in the adoption of energy efficient technologies by low-income households." ​Conditionally accepted at the American Economic Review. 2022.
​[Latest version] [Online Appendix] [World Bank coverage]

S. Berkouwer, P. Biscaye, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram. "Disbursing emergency relief through utilities: Evidence from Ghana." Journal of Development Economics. 2022. 156(C)102826.
[JDE Link] [Paper] [Online Appendix]

S. Berkouwer. "Electric heating and the effects of temperature on household electricity consumption in South Africa." The Energy Journal. 2020. 41(4): 209-230.
​[IAEE Link] [Paper] [Executive summary] ​
Working papers
"What does donor conditionality do? Causal evidence from Kenyan electrification" with C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, and E. Hsu.
[EDI Policy Brief (2021)] An updated version is available upon request.

​"The impact of reduced charcoal usage on indoor air quality and health in Nairobi, Kenya," with J. T. Dean. Registered Report submitted. 
[Pre-analysis plan] [AEA RCT Registry #2484]


"Decomposing political favoritism in Kenyan mass electrification," with C. Wolfram, F. Vial, E. Hsu, O. Kim, and E. Miguel. Available upon request. 

"Money or Power? Financial infrastructure and optimal policy," with P. Biscaye, E. Hsu, O. Kim, K. Lee, E. Miguel, and C. Wolfram. ​Submitted. 
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​[Latest version] [NBER WP #29086] [Online Appendix] 
Research in progress
​​"The economics of grid reliability and voltage improvements," with C. Wolfram and S. Puller 
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[3ie RIDIE Registration ID 928]

​​"Mitigating climate risk through parametric insurance," with J. T. Dean
Other work
N. Klugman, J. Adkins, S. Berkouwer, K. Abrokwah, I. Bobashev, P. Pannuto, M. Podolsky, A. Suseno, R. Thatte, C. Wolfram, J. Taneja, and P. Dutta. ​"Hardware, apps, and surveys at scale: Insights from measuring grid reliability in Accra, Ghana, " ACM COMPASS '19 (Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies). July 2019.
​[ACM Link] [Paper]
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