Aseem Mahajan

Harvard University
Aseem Mahajan

Aseem Mahajan is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s Department of Government. His research focuses on energy and environmental politics, with recent work exploring the effectiveness and impacts of India’s Saubhagya scheme to provide electricity access to the entire country; public opinion toward geoengineering and counter-geoengineering; perceptions of equity in climate bargaining; and the politics of climate resilience and adaptation in Massachusetts. Previously, he worked at the IFF, a community development financial institution in Chicago, and at PricewaterhouseCooper’s Global Transfer Pricing division in New York. Aseem holds an A.B. in Politics and certificates in Political Economy and Finance from Princeton University.

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Does service quality predict households’ willingness to pay for electricity connections in rural India?

While rural electrification has been a high priority for governments in the developing world, the factors that make individual households more likely to pay for electricity have received insufficient attention. Using data on rural households from six Indian states, this article finds that service quality has a substantial impact on willingness to pay for connections, which is critical for improving access.

10 May 2019
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
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क्या सेवा की गुणवत्ता से ग्रामीण भारत में बिजली के कनेक्शन के लिए परिवारों की भुगतान करने की इच्छा का अनुमान लग सकता है?

जहां ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण विकासशील जगत में सरकारों की उच्च प्राथमिकता रही है, वहीं जिन कारणों से परिवारों द्वारा बिजली के लिए भुगतान करने की अधिक संभावना होती है, उन पर अपर्याप्त ध्यान दिया गया है। ग्रामीण परिवारों पर भारत के छः राज्यों के आंकड़ों का उपयोग करके इस आलेख में पाया गया है कि कनेक्शन के लिए भुगतान करने की इच्छा पर सर्विसकीगुणवत्ताका काफी असर पड़ता है, जो उपलब्धता में सुधार करने के लिए बहुत जरूरी है।

16 August 2019
Governance
Governance
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