Stephie Fried receives funding for research on rural electrification

Stephie Fried, Assistant Professor of Economics, has received a subaward from the University of California-San Diego for the project “Rural Electrification and Internal Migration in the Developing World” funded by the London School of Economics International Growth Centre (IGC). As coPI, Professor Fried, with PI David Lagakos, will compile a village-level dataset for Ethiopian villages, aiming to provide guidance to developing-country policy makers on optimal patterns of – and governmental spending on – electrification across rural regions.