Publications
Berkouwer, S., P. Biscaye, E. Hsu, O. Kim, K. Lee, E. Miguel, and C. Wolfram. Money or Power? Choosing Covid-19 Aid in Kenya. 
Energy Economics. 2023. 127(B)107036. EE Link | Paper
Berkouwer, S. and J. T. Dean. Credit, attention, and externalities in the adoption of energy efficient technologies by low-income households.
American Economic Review. 2022. 122(10)1-41. AER Link | Paper | Online Appendix | Data
Berkouwer, S., 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 | Data
Berkouwer, S. 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
Donor contracting conditions and public procurement: Causal evidence from Kenyan electrification, with C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, and E. Hsu. Submitted.
Latest version | NBER Working Paper #30948
Private actions in the presence of externalities: The health impacts of reducing air pollution peaks but not ambient exposure, with J. T. Dean. Submitted.
Latest version | NBER Working Paper #31614 | Pre-analysis plan | AEA RCT Registry #2484 | Disclosure statement
GridWatch: Revealing the nature of power quality and reliability challenges across urban and rural Africa at scale, with Mohini Bariya, Genevieve Flaspholer, Margaret Odero, Joshua Adkins, and Noah Klugman. ​Submitted.
The distribution of power: Decentralization and favoritism in public infrastructure, with Catherine D. Wolfram, Eric Hsu, Oliver W. Kim, Felipe Vial, and Edward Miguel
Research in progress
Voltage quality and economic activity, with P. Biscaye, M. Mikdash, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram
​3ie RIDIE Registration ID 928.
Other work
N. Klugman, J. Adkins, S. Berkouwer, K. Abrokwah, M. Podolsky, P. Pannuto, C. Wolfram, J. Taneja, and P. Dutta. Measuring Grid Reliability in Ghana. In: Introduction to Development Engineering, edited by T. Madon et al. 2023. Springer (Open Access). Springer Link | Paper.

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.