Writing
Center for Effective Global Action - "Lights on, Lights off: Evaluating outages, voltage, and economic impacts of grid investments in Accra, Ghana" (Aug 2022)
World Bank Sustainable Energy for All - "Emergency utility subsidies can help citizens weather economic crises, but may exclude the poorest citizens" (Jul 2022)
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries - "Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy" (Apr 2022)
Wharton Risk Center Blog - "Parametric hurricane protection in Dominica: Insights from initial adopters" (Feb 2022)
Kleinman Center Policy Digest - "Barriers to energy efficiency adoption in low-income communities" (Dec 2021)
Energy for Growth Memo - "What's reliability without voltage quality?" (Nov 2021)
International Growth Center Blog - "Money or Power? Choosing COVID-19 aid in Kenya" (May 2021)
DFID Economic Development & Institutions Blog - "Does donor conditionality improve infrastructure construction quality?" (Mar 2021)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Subsidizing Electricity During a Pandemic: Lessons from Ghana" (Jul 2020)
VoxDev - "Can energy efficiency subsidies improve welfare in low-income countries? Evidence from Kenya says yes" (May 2020)
World Bank Development Impact - "What causes under-adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?" (Nov 2019)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap for Low-Income Households" (Oct 2019)
International Growth Center Policy Brief - "How do credit and psychology affect the adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?" (Aug 2019)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Can Cell Phones Help Improve Electricity Reliability?" (Feb 2019)
Media mentions
The Daily Pennsylvanian - "Wharton study finds energy-efficient technologies can help families save money" (Dec 2021)
Knowledge @ Wharton - "How to drive energy efficiency in low-income countries" (Nov 2021)
Chicago Booth Review - "Could easier credit speed the adoption of energy efficiency?" (Sep 2020)
Our World In Data - "Berkouwer and Dean (2019) studied stoves in Kenya in a randomized control trial to understand how to increase their adoption... On the basis of this study, the Our World in Data team decided to offset our carbon emissions by subsidizing these cooking stoves." (Jul 2021)
Giving Green - "We recommend offset projects that are very similar to those that have shown strong results in a rigorous evaluation, such as the recent work by Berkouwer and Dean (2019). Given this RCT, we recommend offsets generated by the manufacturer of the cookstoves studied in that paper, BURN." (Nov 2020)
Center for Effective Global Action - "Lights on, Lights off: Evaluating outages, voltage, and economic impacts of grid investments in Accra, Ghana" (Aug 2022)
World Bank Sustainable Energy for All - "Emergency utility subsidies can help citizens weather economic crises, but may exclude the poorest citizens" (Jul 2022)
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries - "Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy" (Apr 2022)
Wharton Risk Center Blog - "Parametric hurricane protection in Dominica: Insights from initial adopters" (Feb 2022)
Kleinman Center Policy Digest - "Barriers to energy efficiency adoption in low-income communities" (Dec 2021)
Energy for Growth Memo - "What's reliability without voltage quality?" (Nov 2021)
International Growth Center Blog - "Money or Power? Choosing COVID-19 aid in Kenya" (May 2021)
DFID Economic Development & Institutions Blog - "Does donor conditionality improve infrastructure construction quality?" (Mar 2021)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Subsidizing Electricity During a Pandemic: Lessons from Ghana" (Jul 2020)
VoxDev - "Can energy efficiency subsidies improve welfare in low-income countries? Evidence from Kenya says yes" (May 2020)
World Bank Development Impact - "What causes under-adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?" (Nov 2019)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Closing the Energy Efficiency Gap for Low-Income Households" (Oct 2019)
International Growth Center Policy Brief - "How do credit and psychology affect the adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?" (Aug 2019)
Energy Institute at Haas Blog - "Can Cell Phones Help Improve Electricity Reliability?" (Feb 2019)
Media mentions
The Daily Pennsylvanian - "Wharton study finds energy-efficient technologies can help families save money" (Dec 2021)
Knowledge @ Wharton - "How to drive energy efficiency in low-income countries" (Nov 2021)
Chicago Booth Review - "Could easier credit speed the adoption of energy efficiency?" (Sep 2020)
Our World In Data - "Berkouwer and Dean (2019) studied stoves in Kenya in a randomized control trial to understand how to increase their adoption... On the basis of this study, the Our World in Data team decided to offset our carbon emissions by subsidizing these cooking stoves." (Jul 2021)
Giving Green - "We recommend offset projects that are very similar to those that have shown strong results in a rigorous evaluation, such as the recent work by Berkouwer and Dean (2019). Given this RCT, we recommend offsets generated by the manufacturer of the cookstoves studied in that paper, BURN." (Nov 2020)