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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113295
	Time of Use tariffs, childcare and everyday temporalities in the US and China: Evidence from time-use and sequence-network analysis
	Wong, Pui Ting; Rau, Henrike
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0301-4215
EISSN	1873-6777
卷号	172 页码:21
英文摘要	Time of Use (ToU) tariffs that aim to shift people's energy use away from peaks have been key demand-side management measures. Yet, their effectiveness has often been below expectations. In this paper we empirically test arguments based on social practice theory that this underperformance is not the result of people making ill-informed or economically questionable decisions but reflects the complexities of social synchronization. Using sequence-network analysis, we visualize and comparatively analyze time-use data from the US and China to capture everyday temporalities of a particular time-inflexible group - child caregivers. Findings show that timing and sequencing of peak activities for caregivers in both countries were largely structured by institutional and family rhythms, though with considerable differences in extent and timing of influences due to diverging childcare cultures. The necessity to follow these rhythms leaves caregivers little room to adjust their peak activities to ToU tariffs, turning this well-intended measure into an inequitable financial burden on the group. We argue that policymakers should deploy time-varying tariffs in ways that align with everyday temporalities of population groups. Cutting critical and daily peaks in ways that work with people's temporal (in)flexibilities in everyday practices could be a key to the effectiveness of energy measures.
英文关键词	Time of use tariffs; Peak energy demand; Social practice; Time use; Social sequence analysis; Social network analysis; Childcare
学科领域	Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000908671400010
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/271996
作者单位	University of Munich; University of Munich
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wong, Pui Ting,Rau, Henrike. Time of Use tariffs, childcare and everyday temporalities in the US and China: Evidence from time-use and sequence-network analysis[J],2023,172:21.
APA	Wong, Pui Ting,&Rau, Henrike.(2023).Time of Use tariffs, childcare and everyday temporalities in the US and China: Evidence from time-use and sequence-network analysis.ENERGY POLICY,172,21.
MLA	Wong, Pui Ting,et al."Time of Use tariffs, childcare and everyday temporalities in the US and China: Evidence from time-use and sequence-network analysis".ENERGY POLICY 172(2023):21.