Research

Published paper:

1. Indoor Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: A New Approach (American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2018 | pdf)

2. Cooking That Kills: Cleaner Energy, Indoor Air Pollution, and Health (Journal of Development Economics, 2020 | pdf)

3. Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health, and Labor Supply [with Anjali P. Verma, Economic Journal, 2022] Slides | pdf

Media: VoxEU.org | GlobalDev | EnergyEcoLab | 3 mins video interview 

Award: International Geneva Award 2023.

4. Market Power and Price Exposure: Learning from the Changes in Renewable Energy Regulation [with Natalia Fabra, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023]

Media: CEPR Virtual Seminar Video |  USAEE 2021 Research Competition | 

Award: 2023 MIBEL Prize.

5. Real Time Pricing and the Cost of Clean Power [with Michael J. Roberts and Matthias Fripp, Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, NBER Working Paper] 

Media: VoxEU.org

Working papers and work-in-progress:

1. Prepayment, Salience, and Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in Developing Country Context [with Abatayo and Resosudarmo] (2024) 

[Working Paper | Online Appendix]

2. Designing Low Emission Zones [with Natalia Fabra and Juan-Pablo Montero] (2024)

3. The Response of Consumption to Fuel Switching: A Panel Data Estimates (2018)

Other Publications:

1. Imelda (2023), “Planning for high-renewable electricity systems with demand response”, VoxEU.org, 6 Dec. 

2. Imelda and Anjali P. Verma (2022), “Gender-health-energy nexus: Evidence from Indonesia”, VoxEU.org, 9 Dec. 

3. Imelda (2020), "Indonesia shows clean cooking saves lives", EastAsiaForum.org, 3 Oct 

4. Imelda (2019), "Health benefits of clean energy: evidence from Indonesia", res.org.uk, 12 Apr 

5. Implications of a “Green Tariff” for the University of Hawai‘i, Hawaiian Electric Company, and other Customers  [with Michael J. Roberts, Matthias Fripp, Hyun-Gyu Kim, link]

6. Drink Up Bobonaro, Timor-Leste: Water, Health, Productivity [2015 Report].