Dasso, RosamaríaFernández, Fernando, 1944-2015-12-142015-12-142015Dasso R, Fernandez F. The effects of electrification on employment in rural Peru. IZA Journal of Labor & Development. 2015;4:6.2193-9020http://hdl.handle.net/10230/25419We study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program’s roll-out across districts over time, we adopt differences-in-differences and fixed-effects strategies to estimate the impact of electrification on labor market outcomes. Our preferred specification suggests that, among males, the program increases hours of work and diminishes the likelihood of having a second occupation. Among females, the treatment raises employment and earnings and increases the probability of working outside the agricultural sector.application/pdfeng© 2015 Dasso and Fernandez; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.ElectrificacióPerúinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40175-015-0028-4ElectrificationEmploymentPeruinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess