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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111661
	Efficiency of household electricity consumption in Ghana
	Twerefou D.K.; Abeney J.O.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	144
英文摘要	One explanation that can be associated with the inadequate focus on demand-side management of household electricity consumption is the poor knowledge on consumption inefficiency. This study estimates the efficiency of Ghanaian households' electricity consumption and factors influencing inefficiency using the energy demand frontier model and data from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The results indicate that income is inelastic to electricity demand while price elasticity to demand is inversely related. Appliance ownership, number of rooms, location and ecological zones significantly affected electricity demand. The mean efficiency score is 63.0% for the entire sample and, 69.9% and 66.3% for rural and urban households respectively, suggesting the existence of an immense potential for implementation of energy efficiency measures. Factors that negatively influence efficiency included education, ageing and power outages. Households living in bungalows and apartments are less efficient compared to those in compound houses possibly because of self-monitoring behaviour. Compared to very poor households, poor and non-poor households are less efficient in electricity consumption while public sector employees are less energy efficient compared to the unemployed. Policy choices should focus on standardization of appliances, education on energy efficiency and development of the rural appliance markets through incentives. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Electricity consumption Energy demand frontier Energy efficiency Ghana Urban households
英文关键词	Electric power utilization; Electric utilities; Energy efficiency; Ecological zones; Efficiency measure; Electricity demands; Electricity-consumption; Energy efficient; Household electricity consumption; Living standards; Price elasticity; Outages; consumption behavior; demand elasticity; electricity generation; electricity supply; energy efficiency; energy market; energy policy; living standard; Ghana
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/204895
作者单位	Department of Economics, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 57, Accra, Ghana
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Twerefou D.K.,Abeney J.O.. Efficiency of household electricity consumption in Ghana[J],2020,144.
APA	Twerefou D.K.,&Abeney J.O..(2020).Efficiency of household electricity consumption in Ghana.Energy Policy,144.
MLA	Twerefou D.K.,et al."Efficiency of household electricity consumption in Ghana".Energy Policy 144(2020).