🆕 How communities benefit from rural electrification in Africa

Today on VoxDev, Maika Schmidt (University of Sussex) & Alexander Moradi (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) discuss how community services benefit from rural electrification in Burkina Faso: https://ow.ly/pXko50X8lv0

Based on detailed governmental data since removed from the public domain after the 2022 coup.

Forthcoming in *JDE*! We study Burkina Faso’s 2008–17 grid rollout to compare community vs. private electrification effects. Despite low household uptake, electrification boosted public goods—schools, water, lighting—and benefited even unconnected homes. ⚡📊 Now online: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...

Congrats to Steve Stillman & @mhalla.bsky.social on winning FWF grant PIN6952224: *"Economic Consequences of the Option Agreement in South Tyrol,"* featuring deep archival work.
Excited to co-lead Paper 3 — Reviewer 1 loved it! 😁
Can’t wait to launch our survey on culture, identity & politics. 📝📈

Back in Oxford to present at the Economic and Social History Seminar. Grateful to revisit the place that shaped me during my postdoc years (2005–08). Warm memories and familiar faces.

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Thanks for coming and contributing, with a great paper and comments. I hope you enjoyed Ötzi, the iceman.

Once again, an amazing group this year: @mircotonin.bsky.social, Patricia Funk, Leo Saenger, Jakub Lonsky, Eliott Ash, @olaolsson.bsky.social , Ekaterina Travova, Aurelie Gillen, Christian Ochsner, and Giovanni Mastrobuoni. Plus, what an awesome skiing team! ⛷️👏

Wrapping up the 3rd Bolzano Workshop! 🎉 Highlights: @essobecker.bsky.social keynote on:
1. Tackling spatial autocorrelation: a post-Conley practitioner's guide & 'spur' Stata package (based on Müller & Watson's work). Can't wait to use it!
2. The Past, Present & Future of Religion.

🥊 Ready for the 3rd Bolzano Workshop on Historical Economics!
From the majestic South Tyrolean Alps, where economics meets history in a knockout bout of ideas. Electrifying debates and brilliant scholars await.
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