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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112928
	Do the elderly consume more energy? Evidence from the retirement policy in urban China
	Zhu P.; Lin B.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	165
英文摘要	Investigating the energy consumption behavior of the elderly is of great significance in improving welfare and energy conservation in the context of aging. This paper uses the regression discontinuity design to investigate the effect of retirement on the electricity consumption of the elderly using data from China family panel studies (CFPS) over the period 2010–2018. The results reveal that retirement increases household electricity consumption by 20.03%–32.13%, and this effect is more significant among residents with high income, high education and good health. The increase in home time caused by intergenerational care after retirement serves as an important channel of influence. Further analysis shows that residents’ electricity expenditure increases by 36.44% on average, and the higher the residential electricity consumption, the higher the electricity expenditure. We also observe that national annual retirement increases electricity consumption by 1.71 billion kWh, which accounts for 0.17% of the total electricity consumption of residents. These findings reveal the urgency needed to address future energy demand shocks and reform the increasing block pricing system for the elderly to avoid a decline in their welfare. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	China family Panel studies; Electricity consumption; Fuzzy regression discontinuity; Retirement
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Costs; China family panel study; Electricity expenditures; Electricity-consumption; Energy; Energy-consumption; Fuzzy regression discontinuity; Fuzzy regressions; Panel studies; Retirement; Urban chinas; Electric power utilization; consumption behavior; demand analysis; elderly population; electricity supply; energy efficiency; energy use; expenditure; panel data; retirement; urban area; welfare economics; China
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/256237
作者单位	School of Management, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economics and Energy Policy, Xiamen University, Fujian361005, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu P.,Lin B.. Do the elderly consume more energy? Evidence from the retirement policy in urban China[J],2022,165.
APA	Zhu P.,&Lin B..(2022).Do the elderly consume more energy? Evidence from the retirement policy in urban China.Energy Policy,165.
MLA	Zhu P.,et al."Do the elderly consume more energy? Evidence from the retirement policy in urban China".Energy Policy 165(2022).