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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111099
	The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research
	Bayer P.; Kennedy R.; Yang J.; Urpelainen J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	Universal household electrification is a key component of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, but the evidence base for social and economic impacts of electricity access remains unclear. Here we report results from a systematic review of impact evaluations of household electrification based on five key outcome measures. We only find 31 studies that conduct statistical hypothesis tests to assess impacts. Among these, seven draw on a randomized experiment designed for causal inference. The randomized experimental studies generate fewer positive results than observational or quasi-experimental studies, such as correlational, instrumental variable, and difference-in-differences designs. These results call for a reassessment of what we know about the impacts of household electrification. They also call for major investment in impact evaluation of electricity access using randomized controlled trials, with a particular focus on when and how energy access interventions can furnish large benefits to their intended beneficiaries. Large-scale impact evaluations using experimental methods will require close collaboration between policymakers and researchers. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Causal inference; Electricity access; Impact evaluation; Observational and experimental methods; Sustainable development
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Investments; Planning; Sustainable development; Testing; Causal inferences; Difference-in-differences; Electricity access; Experimental methods; Impact evaluation; Randomized controlled trial; Social and economic impacts; Statistical hypothesis test; Electric utilities; accessibility; electricity supply; electrification; literature review; policy making; sustainable development; Sustainable Development Goal; United Nations
来源期刊	Energy policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124928
作者单位	University of Strathclyde, School of Government & Public Policy, McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, Scotland G1 1QX, United Kingdom; University of Houston, Department of Political Science, Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall, 3551 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204, United States; University of California, Irvine, Department of Political Science, 4124 Social Science Plaza A, Irvine, CA 92617, United States; Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bayer P.,Kennedy R.,Yang J.,et al. The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research[J],2020,137.
APA	Bayer P.,Kennedy R.,Yang J.,&Urpelainen J..(2020).The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research.Energy policy,137.
MLA	Bayer P.,et al."The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research".Energy policy 137(2020).