Publications

Electric heating and the effects of temperature on household electricity consumption in South Africa
The Energy Journal. 2020. Vol 41, No. 4: 209-230 
[Paper available here] [Executive summary] ​[IAEE] 

Hardware, apps, and surveys at scale: Insights from measuring grid reliability in Accra, Ghana
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. ​July 2019. The second annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS '19)
[Paper available here] 

Working Papers

Credit, attention, and externalities in the adoption of energy efficient technologies by low-income households, with J. T. Dean. 
​[Paper available here] [Online Appendix] [World Bank coverage]
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Promoting Accountability in Public Projects: Donors, Audits, and Rural Electrification, with C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, and E. Hsu.
​[EDI Working Paper] [DFID Blog] [DFID Video]

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

Electricity transfers in practice: Evidence from COVID-19 relief in Ghana, with P. Biscaye, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram.
Available upon request. [Energy Institute blog post]

Research in Progress

Echo chambers: Political affiliation drives biases in reported experience, with J. Adkins, N. Klugman, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram.

​​The economics of long-term grid reliability, with C. Wolfram and S. Puller. 
[3ie RIDIE Registration ID 928]
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Resilience to economic shocks through continued electricity access in Kenya, with E. Hsu, O. Kim, K. Lee, E. Miguel, and C. Wolfram.
[AEA RCT Registration ID 5941]

​The health consequences of reduced charcoal usage, with J.T. Dean.