Journal ​publications

Money or Power? Choosing Covid-19 Aid in Kenya
​by S. Berkouwer, P. Biscaye, E. Hsu, O. Kim, K. Lee, E. Miguel, and C. Wolfram. 
Energy Economics (2023) ​​[Journal Link]

• Related writing: PEDL Note; IGC Blog

Credit, attention, and externalities in the adoption of energy efficient technologies by low-income households
​by S. Berkouwer and J. T. Dean. 
American Economic Review (2022) [​Journal Link] [Online Appendix] [Data & Instruments]

• ​​Related writing: Carbon Herald, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, Knowledge@Wharton, Our World In Data, Giving Green, Chicago Booth Review, VoxDev, World Bank Development Impact, Energy Institute at Haas Blog, IGC Policy Brief

Disbursing emergency relief through utilities: Evidence from Ghana
​by S. Berkouwer, P. Biscaye, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram. 
Journal of Development Economics (2022) ​[Journal Link] [Online Appendix] [Data]

• Related writing: World Bank Sustainable Energy for All, Energy Institute at Haas Blog

Electric heating and the effects of temperature on household electricity consumption in South Africa
​by S. Berkouwer.
The Energy Journal (2020) [​​​Journal Link] [Executive summary]

Working papers

Cooking, health, and daily exposure to pollution spikes
by S. Berkouwer and J. T. Dean. 
Revision requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 
[​NBER Working Paper #31614] [Online Appendix] ​[Pre-analysis plan] [AEA RCT Registry #2484] [Disclosure statement]

• Related writing: VoxDev, Knowledge at Wharton, Becker Friedman Institute Research Brief, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, Chicago Booth Review

Contracting structures in public procurement: Evidence from donor-funded electrification in Kenya
​by C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, E. Hsu, and S. Berkouwer. 
Submitted. [NBER Working Paper #30948] [Online Appendix]

• ​​Related writing: VoxEU, Penn Program on Regulation, NBER Digest, Energy for Growth, DFID Policy Brief, DFID Blog

Voltage quality and economic activity
​by S. Berkouwer, P. Biscaye, M. Mikdash, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram. 
​Submitted. [On-line Appendix]

• Related writing: MCC Evaluation Brief, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, Center for Effective Global Action, Energy for Growth

​The distribution of power: Decentralization and favoritism in energy infrastructure
​by C. Wolfram, E. Hsu, S. Berkouwer, O. Kim, F. Vial, and E. Miguel.
Submitted.

Other work

Measuring Grid Reliability in Ghana
by N. Klugman, J. Adkins, S. Berkouwer, K. Abrokwah, M. Podolsky, P. Pannuto, C. Wolfram, J. Taneja, and P. Dutta. 
In: Introduction to Development Engineering, edited by T. Madon et al. 2023. Springer (Open Access). [Journal Link] 

​Hardware, apps, and surveys at scale: Insights from measuring grid reliability in Accra, Ghana
by 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.
ACM COMPASS '19 (Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies). July 2019. [ACM Link]

• Related writing: Energy Institute at Haas Blog

​Secondary School Electrification in Western Kenya
by S. Berkouwer, K. Lee, and M. Walker.
​AidData Working Paper #57. 2018.

Homosexuality in Sudan and Egypt: Stories of Struggle for Survival
​by S. Berkouwer, A. Sultan, and S. Yehia.
LGBTQ Policy Journal. 2014. Vol 4, p66-76. [Journal link]