Nighttime lights as a proxy for human development at the local level

Combining satellite imagery and machine learning to predict poverty

(2016) N. Jean et al.   SCIENCE

Night-Time Light Data: A Good Proxy Measure for Economic Activity?

(2015) Charlotta Mellander et al.   PLoS One

Pre-Colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development

(2013)   ECONOMETRICA

Detection of rural electrification in Africa using DMSP-OLS night lights imagery

(2013) Brian Min et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Using luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics

(2011) X. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A global poverty map derived from satellite data

(2009) Christopher D. Elvidge et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Estimation of Mexico’s Informal Economy and Remittances Using Nighttime Imagery

(2009) Tilottama Ghosh et al.   Remote Sensing