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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112865
	Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures
	Chen F.; Qiu H.; Zhang J.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	163
英文摘要	In this study, we investigate the relationship between energy consumption and income of poor rural households in China and recover measures for relative poverty from household energy demand of the poor. With novel data collected from 16 counties in eight provinces of China, we apply semi-parametric energy demand models to capture the nonlinear relationship between income and energy consumption and parametric models to find the effect of income on energy demand within different groups. The relative poverty line is inferred from the empirical results of demand models and is defined as the income threshold point after which household energy consumption begins to rise significantly. As a result, we find that the poor household's demand for energy increases with income after a threshold point, and the relative poverty line of rural households in China is estimated at 5153.47 yuan per capita in 2015. Our results suggest that when a poor rural household's income passes the relative poverty threshold, its increasing energy demand comes primarily from biomass and non-clean commercial energy. The findings of this study suggest policies to support energy transition and upgrade in rural China and stimulate rural households to substitute non-clean energy with clean energy. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	China; Energy consumption; Income; Relative poverty; Rural households
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Energy management; China; Clean energy; Energy demands; Energy-consumption; Household energy demands; Income; Relative poverty; Rural chinas; Rural households; Threshold point; Energy utilization; consumption behavior; energy management; energy policy; energy use; household energy; poverty; rural area; 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/256306
作者单位	School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, No. 59 Zhongguangcun Ave., Haidian District, Beijing, 100872, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen F.,Qiu H.,Zhang J.. Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures[J],2022,163.
APA	Chen F.,Qiu H.,&Zhang J..(2022).Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures.Energy Policy,163.
MLA	Chen F.,et al."Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures".Energy Policy 163(2022).