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Erzurum, northeastern Turkey. Housing demand is generally affected by several factors including housing prices, individuals …. Findings – The questionnaire was conducted in 2,927 households living in Erzurum city center, and 47 per cent of the … paper involves the most comprehensive survey addressing the housing demand in the East Anatolian Region, Turkey …
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at the state-year-season level. It exploits the fact that coal consumption for heating was highest in the winter and uses … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …
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Each year the UK records 25,000 or more excess winter deaths, primarily among the elderly. A key policy response is the 'Winter Fuel Payment' (WFP), a labelled but unconditional cash transfer to households with a member above the Female State Pension Age. The WFP has been shown to raise fuel...
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Each year the UK records 25,000 or more excess winter deaths, primarily among the elderly. A key policy response is the 'Winter Fuel Payment' (WFP), a labelled but unconditional cash transfer to older households. The WFP has been shown to raise fuel spending among eligible households. We examine...
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This paper analyzes the impacts of the modified needs for space heating and cooling due to global warming on the … Switzerland over the period 2010–2060. We find significant welfare gains from reduced heating needs, exceeding largely the costs … scenario A1b would allow households to reduce their consumption of fossil energy for room heating by 15.9 %, actual reductions …
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Household consumption of coal and other dirty fuels for heating and cooking greatly contributes to air pollution both … outdoors and indoors. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of household heating choice (dirty versus …). Half of the households (50%) use coal for heating. We find that the energy-poor (who comprise 66% of the population) are …
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This paper is one of the limited studies to investigate rebound effects in sectoral electricity consumption and the specific case of New Zealand. New Zealand, like other OECD economies, has aimed for energy efficiency improvements and reduced electricity consumption from 9.2 MWh per capita in...
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