Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-03-16 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101735

Salman Haider , Shadman Zafar , Abhinav Jindal

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Abstract

Access to electricity plays a crucial role in reducing energy poverty. This analysis examines energy affordability based on electricity expenditures. Hence, panel data from the consumer pyramids household survey has been consolidated. Fixed-effect models have been applied at the household level to control unobservable heterogeneity. The results show that better income leads to more electricity expenses non-linearly. Lower-income group households have a higher income elasticity of electricity expenditure than higher-income group households. Whereas moderately educated households have higher expenditure on electricity. The quality of electricity access matters to households for higher electricity usage.

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印度居民用电支出的社会经济驱动因素

用电在减少能源贫困方面发挥着至关重要的作用。本分析以电费支出为基础，对能源负担能力进行研究。因此，我们整合了来自消费者金字塔家庭调查的面板数据。在家庭层面采用固定效应模型来控制不可观测的异质性。结果显示，收入越高，电费支出就越多，而且是非线性的。低收入家庭的电费支出收入弹性高于高收入家庭。而中等教育家庭的电费支出更高。用电质量对家庭提高用电量至关重要。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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