Warmer Temperatures and Energy Poverty Evidence from Chinese Households
We estimate the casual effect of warmer temperatures on energy poverty in China using a nationally representative household survey from 2014 to 2018. Exploiting daily mean temperatures over the 12 months preceding the interview, we find that warmer temperatures increase energy poverty at both the intensive and extensive margins. We find evidence of seasonal effects and that it is unusually warmer springs, rather than hotter summers, that are responsible for our results. The underlying transmission channels are that on hotter days households spend longer hours inside to cope with heat stress, hence consuming more energy, and that warmer temperatures lower household income via productivity and health effects, which reduce the budget that can be allocated to energy. Combining our baseline estimates with daily temperature projections from recent climate models, we simulate changes in future energy poverty due to global warming. Our preferred estimates suggest that households in energy poverty would increase by 47.491-161.958 million in the medium term, depending on whether measures are taken to curb greenhouse gas emissions
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2022
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Authors: | Li, Xue ; Smyth, Russell ; Yao, Yao |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | China | Armut | Poverty | Privater Haushalt | Household | Energiekonsum | Energy consumption |
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