Publications
S. Berkouwer and J. 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]
          [The Daily Pennsylvanian - Dec 2021] 
          [Kleinman Center Policy Digest - Dec 2021]
          [​Knowledge @ Wharton - Nov 2021]
          [Our World In Data - Jul 2021]
          [Giving Green - Nov 2020]
          [Chicago Booth Review - Sep 2020]
          [VoxDev - May 2020]
          [World Bank Development Impact - Nov 2019]
          [Energy Institute at Haas Blog - Oct 2019]
          [International Growth Center Policy Brief - Aug 2019]
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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] [Data]
          [World Bank Sustainable Energy for All - Jul 2022]
          [Energy Institute at Haas Blog - Jul 2020]

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
​"The impact of reduced charcoal usage on indoor air quality and health in Nairobi, Kenya," with J. T. Dean. Accepted, Journal of Development Economics (Pre-results Review).
[Pre-analysis plan] [AEA RCT Registry #2484]

"Donor contracting conditions and public procurement: Causal evidence from Kenyan electrification" with C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, and E. Hsu. 
[Latest version]
          [DFID Economic Development & Institutions Policy Brief - Mar 2021]
          [DFID Economic Development & Institutions Blog - Mar 2021]

"Money or Power? Choosing Covid-19 Aid in Kenya," with P. Biscaye, E. Hsu, O. Kim, K. Lee, E. Miguel, and C. Wolfram. ​Submitted. 
​​[Latest version]
          ​[Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries - Apr 2022]
          [International Growth Center Blog - May 2021]
Research in progress
​​"The economics of grid reliability and voltage improvements," with C. Wolfram and S. Puller 
​[3ie RIDIE Registration ID 928]
          [Center for Effective Global Action - Aug 2022]
          [Energy for Growth Memo - Nov 2021]

​​"Mitigating climate risk through parametric insurance," with J. T. Dean
          [Wharton Risk Center Blog - Feb 2022]
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]
          [Energy Institute at Haas Blog - Feb 2019]