Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis

Description

This working paper produced by by Professor Haroon Bhorat and Mr Timothy Köhler under the Southern Africa Toward Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme merges labour force survey microdata with high-frequency electricity supply and demand data to provide the first estimates of the relationships between scheduled electricity outages (load shedding) and labour market outcomes in South Africa.