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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111734
	Power infrastructure and income inequality: Evidence from Brazilian state-level data using dynamic panel data models
	Medeiros V.; Ribeiro R.S.M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	146
英文摘要	A broad literature has indicated the essential role of power infrastructure in reducing income inequality. However, it is uncertain whether this relationship remains in scenarios with heterogeneities in terms of provision, quality, and access to electricity. This article intends to contribute to the literature by evaluating, in light of the Brazilian reality, how provision, quality, and the interaction between these two characteristics affects income inequality. To account for possible reverse causality problems, we apply the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimators with different specifications to verify the robustness of our estimates. In a scenario where the vast majority of the population has access to electricity, our findings indicate that an expansion in power provision reduces income inequality. Nonetheless, the higher the power infrastructure quality, the smaller the returns of a growing power supply to the reduction of inequality, thus suggesting that richer populations tend to benefit the most from improvements in power quality. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Brazil Econometrics Income inequality Infrastructure heterogeneities Power infrastructure
英文关键词	Method of moments; Dynamic panel data; Generalized method of moments; Income inequality; Power infrastructures; Power supply; Electric power systems; electricity generation; energy efficiency; energy policy; income distribution; panel data; power generation; Brazil
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204775
作者单位	Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Medeiros V.,Ribeiro R.S.M.. Power infrastructure and income inequality: Evidence from Brazilian state-level data using dynamic panel data models[J],2020,146.
APA	Medeiros V.,&Ribeiro R.S.M..(2020).Power infrastructure and income inequality: Evidence from Brazilian state-level data using dynamic panel data models.Energy Policy,146.
MLA	Medeiros V.,et al."Power infrastructure and income inequality: Evidence from Brazilian state-level data using dynamic panel data models".Energy Policy 146(2020).