The following lists provide full references for contributions of ecol staff members in academic and non-academic publications. More information on the individual articles including summaries and download information can be found on the Publication list page.
Peer-reviewed Articles
Research on impacts of rural electrification, with a focus on households as beneficiaries
Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2016). Impacts of rural electrification revisited – the African context. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 8(3), 327–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2016.1178320
Bensch, G., Grimm, M., Huppertz, M., Langbein, J., & Peters, J. (2018). Are promotion programs needed to establish off-grid solar energy markets? Evidence from rural Burkina Faso. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 90, 1060–1068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.11.003
Grimm, M., Munyehirwe, A., Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2017). A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household’s Welfare in Rural Rwanda. The World Bank Economic Review, 31(3), 631–649. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhw052
Peters, J., Strupat, C., & Vance, C. (2014). Television and Contraceptive Use – A Weak Signal? The Journal of Development Studies, 50(11), 1538–1549. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.931939
Peters, J., & Vance, C. (2011). Rural Electrification and Fertility – Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Development Studies, 47(5), 753–766. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.527954
Bensch, G., Kluve, J., & Peters, J. (2011). Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 3(4), 567–588. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2011.621025
Bensch, G., Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2013). Fear of the Dark? How Access to Electric Lighting Affects Security Attitudes and Nighttime Activities in Rural Senegal. Journal of Rural and Comunity Development, 8(1), 1–19. http://www.jrcd.ca/viewarticle.php?id=690
Research on impacts of electrification, with a focus on productive use
Peters, J., Sievert, M., & Strupat, C. (2015). Impacts of a Micro-Enterprise Clustering Programme on Firm Performance in Ghana. European Journal of Development Research, 27(1), 99–121. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.18
Peters, J., Sievert, M., & Vance, C. (2011). Impacts of Electricity Usage on Micro-enterprises in Peri-urban Ghana. Journal of Social and Economic Policy, 8(1), 55–70.
Bensch, G., Peters, J., & Schmidt, C. M. (2012). Impact Evaluation of Productive Use—An Implementation Guideline for Electrification Projects. Energy Policy, 40(1), 186–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.034
Neelsen, S., & Peters, J. (2011). Electricity Usage in Micro-enterprises — Evidence from Lake Victoria, Uganda. Energy for Sustainable Development, 15(1), 21–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2010.11.003
Peters, J., Vance, C., & Harsdorff, M. (2011). Grid Extension in Rural Benin: Micro-Manufacturers and the Electrification Trap. World Development, 39(5), 773–783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.09.015
Research on infrastructure in more general terms
Lukuyu, J., Bensch, G., Conlon, T., Patel, A., Modi, V., & Taneja, J. (2022). Diesel GenSat: using satellite data to detect diesel-powered irrigation for guiding electrification in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Thirteenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, 325–337. https://doi.org/10.1145/3538637.3538862
Andor, M. A., Gerster, A., & Peters, J. (2022). Information campaigns for residential energy conservation. European Economic Review, 144, 104094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104094
Bensch, G., Kluve, J., & Stöterau, J. (2021). The market-based dissemination of energy-access technologies as a business model for rural entrepreneurs: Evidence from Kenya. Resource and Energy Economics, 66, 101248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2021.101248
Grimm, M., & Peters, J. (2016). Solar off-grid markets in Africa. Recent dynamics and the role of branded products. Field Actions Science Reports. The Journal of Field Actions, Special Issue 15, 160–163. http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4222
Grimm, M., Lenz, L., Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2019). Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 417–454. https://doi.org/10.1086/707384
Jeuland, M., Fetter, T. R., Li, Y., Pattanayak, S. K., Usmani, F., Bluffstone, R. A., Chávez, C., Girardeau, H., Hassen, S., Jagger, P., Jaime, M. M., Karumba, M., Köhlin, G., Lenz, L., Litzow, E. L., Masatsugu, L., Naranjo, M. A., Peters, J., Qin, P., … Toman, M. (2021). Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 135, 110406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110406
Bensch, G. (2019). The effects of market-based reforms on access to electricity in developing countries: a systematic review. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 11(2), 165–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2019.1629613
Sievert, M., & Steinbuks, J. (2020). Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 128, 104859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104859
Kalkuhl, M., Steckel, J. C., Montrone, L., Jakob, M., Peters, J., & Edenhofer, O. (2019). Successful coal phase-out requires new models of development. Nature Energy, 4(11), 897–900. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0500-5
Jaiswal, S., & Bensch, G. (2019). A methodological framework to address gaps in the evidence on infrastructure impacts: the case of an Indian railway project evaluation. Journal of Economic Methodology, 26(1), 32–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2018.1561073
Peters, J., Sievert, M., & Toman, M. A. (2019). Rural electrification through mini-grids: Challenges ahead. Energy Policy, 132, 27–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.016
Peters, J. (2017). Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, by A. Estache and Q. Wodon. The Journal of Development Studies, 53(3), 460–462. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1233652
Bensch, G., Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2017). The lighting transition in rural Africa — From kerosene to battery-powered LED and the emerging disposal problem. Energy for Sustainable Development, 39, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.03.004
Lenz, L., Munyehirwe, A., Peters, J., & Sievert, M. (2017). Does Large-Scale Infrastructure Investment Alleviate Poverty? Impacts of Rwanda’s Electricity Access Roll-Out Program. World Development, 89, 88–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.003
Peters, J. (2009). Evaluating Rural Electrification Projects: Methodological Approaches. Well-Being and Social Policy, 5(2), 25–40. http://well-being.ciss.org.mx/pdf/en/2009/vol_5_num_2_2_09_en.pdf
Peters, J., Harsdorff, M., & Ziegler, F. (2009). Rural Electrification: Accelerating Impacts with Complementary Services. Energy for Sustainable Development, 13(1), 38–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2009.01.004
Research on impacts of improved cooking stoves
Bensch, G., Jeuland, M., & Peters, J. (2021). Efficient biomass cooking in Africa for climate change mitigation and development. One Earth, 4(6), 879–890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.05.015
Bensch, G., & Peters, J. (2020). One-Off Subsidies and Long-Run Adoption—Experimental Evidence on Improved Cooking Stoves in Senegal. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102(1), 72–90. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaz023
Langbein, J., Peters, J., & Vance, C. (2017). Outdoor cooking prevalence in developing countries and its implication for clean cooking policies. Environmental Research Letters, 12(11), 115008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa8642
Bensch, G., Grimm, M., & Peters, J. (2015). Why do households forego high returns from technology adoption? Evidence from improved cooking stoves in Burkina Faso. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116, 187–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.023
Bensch, G., & Peters, J. (2015). The intensive margin of technology adoption – Experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in rural Senegal. Journal of Health Economics, 42, 44–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.03.006
Bensch, G., & Peters, J. (2013). Alleviating Deforestation Pressures? Impacts of Improved Stove Dissemination on Charcoal Consumption in Urban Senegal. Land Economics, 89(4), 676–698. https://doi.org/10.1353/lde.2013.0037
Further research
Rose, J., Bensch, G., Munyehirwe, A., & Peters, J. (2022). The forgotten coal: Charcoal demand in sub-Saharan Africa. World Development Perspectives, 25, 100401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100401
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Andor, M. A., Gerster, A., Peters, J., & Schmidt, C. M. (2020). Social Norms and Energy Conservation Beyond the US. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 103, 102351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102351
Andor, M., Fels, K., Kneppel, N., & Bensch, G. (2020). Per Stups zum Energiesparen? Eine Meta-Analyse zu den kausalen Effekten von verhaltensökonomischen Interventionen auf den Energieverbrauch privater Haushalte. Perspektiven Der Wirtschaftspolitik, 20(4), 352–382. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2018-0039
Peters, J., Langbein, J., & Roberts, G. (2018). Generalization in the Tropics – Development Policy, Randomized Controlled Trials, and External Validity. The World Bank Research Observer, 33(1), 34–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkx005
Lenz, L., Montenbruck, L., & Sievert, M. (2018). Accidents caused by kerosene lamps—New evidence from African household data. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 7(4), e293. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.293
Peters, J. (2015). Von Staaten, Märkten und Subventionen – Paradigmenwechsel in der Armutsbekämpfung? List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, 41(1), 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41025-015-0002-6
Peters, J., Langbein, J., & Roberts, G. (2016). Policy evaluation, randomized controlled trials, and external validity—A systematic review. Economics Letters, 147, 51–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.013
Peters, J., Schoofs, A., & Sievert, M. (2016). Preferences over Bank and Family Loans in Rural Rwanda. Journal of International Development, 28(4), 623–630. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3217
Other publications
Bensch, G., Peters J. & Sievert, M. (2013). Several contributions to: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (ed.), Productive Use of Energy – PRODUSE – Measuring Impacts of Electrification on Small and Micro-Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Grimm, M. & Peters, J. (2012). Improved Cooking Stoves that End up in Smoke? RWI Positionen, 52. Essen: RWI.
Bensch, G., & Peters, J. (2010). Socio-economic Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda – An Ex-ante Assessment of GTZ Activities. RWI Materialien, 60. Essen: RWI.
Bensch, G., Peters, J. & Schraml, L. (2010). Energy Usage and Socio-economic Conditions in Mozambique – Evidence from GTZ Electrification Project Regions. RWI Materialien, 56. Essen: RWI.
Harsdorff, M. & Peters, J. (2010). On-Grid Rural Electrification in Benin – A Socio-economic Baseline Study on a GTZ Project. RWI Materialien, 57. Essen: RWI.
Peters, J. & Thielmann, S. (2007). The Costs of Promoting Biofuels. In: GTZ and BMZ (ed.), International Fuel Prices 2007. Eschborn, Berlin: GTZ and BMZ.