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Willigness to pay for solar electricity in rural Rwanda

Identification

Resource Type: Dataset

Resource ID: da|ra.35.253

Version: 1

DOI: 10.7807/rwanda:solar:WTP:2015:v1

URL: https://fdz.rwi-essen.de/en/doi-detail/id-107807rwandasolarwtp2015v1.html


Language of Resource

Language: eng


Titles

Title: Willigness to pay for solar electricity in rural Rwanda

Other Title: Zahlungsbereitschaft für Solarenergie im ländlichen Ruanda (TranslatedTitle)

Collective Title: RWI-MICRO


Primary researcher

Creators - Institution:

  • RWI
  • International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands


Origin Information

Publisher: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Publication date: 30.04.2022

Publication Place: Essen


Access

Availability: Archived

Rights: no commercial use


Contributor

Contributor - Person:

  • Grimm, Michael (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands) [Researcher]
  • Lenz, Luciane (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]
  • Peters, Jörg (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]
  • Sievert, Maximiliane (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) [Researcher]


Methods

Sampled Universe: rural off-grid communities in rural Rwanda

Sampling: see Section 2 in Grimm et al. (2020)

Time Dimension: CrossSection

Collection Mode: Observation.Field


DataSets and Files

    Unit Type: Household

  • Number of Units:323
  • Number of Variables: 642
  • Type of Data: Microdata
    • Files:
    • File Name: RWA15_solar-WTP_HH.dta
    • File Size: 1.2 MB
    • File Format: dta

    Unit Type: Geographic Unit

  • Number of Units:14
  • Number of Variables: 238
  • Type of Data: Microdata
    • Files:
    • File Name: RWA15_solar-WTP_Community.dta
    • File Size: 200 kB
    • File Format: dta

Classifications

JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) Classification:

  • D12
  • H54
  • O13
  • O28
  • Q41

Keywords

  • energy access
  • willingness to pay
  • experiment
  • Sub-Sahara Africa
  • socio-economic household survey
  • Becker-DeGroot-Marschak Mechanismus

Description

Description: The dataset consists of primary, experimental data collected by RWI, Passau University and IBandC in Rwanda in 2015. In an experiment, payment schemes (7 days, 6 weeks, 5 months) were randomely assigned to 323 households, who were then offered three types of solar kits for purchase using a Becker-DeGroot-Marschak auction design.The dataset includes information on willigness to pay for the three solar kits, purchase information, and on the socioeconomic background of the households.


Coverage

Temporal Coverage: 2015

Geographic coverages: RW


Relations

Related Identifiers:

  • HasPartDOI: a href="https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KSYM2T" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KSYM2T (Dataset)


Publication

  • Grimm, M., Lenz, L., Peters, J., and Sievert, M. (2020). Demand for off-grid solar electricity: Experimental evidence from Rwanda. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 417-454.


Citation

RWI; International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands (2022): Willigness to pay for solar electricity in rural Rwanda. RWI-MICRO. Version: 1. RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Dataset. doi.org/10.7807/rwanda:solar:WTP:2015:v1

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