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Employment and income effects of interventions to spread efficient cookstoves and pico-PV systems

Identification

Resource Type: Dataset

Resource ID: da|ra.35.257

Version: 1

DOI: 10.7807/kenya:energy:employment:2015:v1

URL: https://fdz.rwi-essen.de/en/doi-detail/id-107807kenyaenergyemployment2015v1.html


Language of Resource

Language: eng


Titles

Title: Employment and income effects of interventions to spread efficient cookstoves and pico-PV systems

Other Title: Beschäftigungs- und Einkommenseffekte von Interventionen zur Verbreitung von effizienten Kochherden und Pico-PV-Systemen (TranslatedTitle)

Collective Title: RWI-MICRO


Primary researcher

Creators - Institution:

  • RWI


Origin Information

Publisher: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Publication date: 31.07.2021

Publication Place: Essen


Access

Availability: Delivery

Rights: no commercial use


Contributor

Contributor - Person:

  • Bensch, Gunther (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]
  • Stöterau, Jonathan (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]
  • Kluve, Jochen (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]


Methods

Sampled Universe: microentrepreneurs active in the sectors of improved cookstoves and pico-solar products supported by an energy access program in Kenya in 2015.

Sampling: see Section 3 in Bensch, Kluve, Stöterau (2021)

Time Dimension: CrossSection

Collection Mode: Observation.Field


DataSets and Files

    Unit Type: Individual

  • Number of Units:648
  • Number of Variables: 719
  • Type of Data: Microdata
    • Files:
    • File Name: KEN15_energy-employment.dta
    • File Size: 6.7 MB
    • File Format: dta

Classifications

JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) Classification:

  • P18
  • Q42

Keywords

  • energy access
  • solar energy
  • improved cookstoves
  • impact evaluation
  • entrepreneurship training
  • business development services

Description

Description: Improving access to more modern forms of energy requires supply chains that reach further into rural areas. RWI conducted an impact evaluation of the employment and income effects of an energy access intervention in Kenya, which is a large-scale program that supports the diffusion of improved cookstoves and small solar products. The underlying data was collected among 648 entrepreneurs in mid-2015. The sample of entrepreneurs comprises previously trained entrepreneurs who are active in their business for on average three years and people interviewed at the time of their training. Follow-up data was collected one and a half years later among the later training participants to identify those individuals who continue with the business.


Coverage

Temporal Coverage: 2015;2016

Geographic coverages: KE


Publication

  • Bensch, G., Kluve, J., and Stöterau, J. (2021). The market-based dissemination of energy-accesstechnologies as a business model for rural entrepreneurs:Evidence from Kenya. Resource and Energy Economics, 66: 101248
  • RWI (2016), Employment and Income Effects of Improved Cook Stove and Pico-Solar Interventions. RWI Projektberichte. Available at https://en.rwi-essen.de/media/content/pages/publikationen/rwi-projektberichte/rwi-pb_kenya_employment_evaluation_final_report.pdf


Citation

RWI (2021): Employment and income effects of interventions to spread efficient cookstoves and pico-PV systems. RWI-MICRO. Version: 1. RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Dataset. doi.org/10.7807/kenya:energy:employment:2015:v1

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