Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment

Climate change and the ongoing energy transition can increase energy poverty rates. To date, the main tool employed to alleviate energy poverty has involved income transfers to vulnerable households. However, measures that seek to improve a home's energy efficiency have recently gained increasi...

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Autores: Jové-Llopis, Elisenda, Trujillo-Baute, Elisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00918-2
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466457
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Palabra clave:Energy poverty
Vulnerable households
Energy expenditure
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spelling Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy AssessmentJové-Llopis, ElisendaTrujillo-Baute, ElisaEnergy povertyVulnerable householdsEnergy expenditureClimate change and the ongoing energy transition can increase energy poverty rates. To date, the main tool employed to alleviate energy poverty has involved income transfers to vulnerable households. However, measures that seek to improve a home's energy efficiency have recently gained increasing relevance. In this study we assess the effectiveness of these two types of policy, assuming universal coverage and optimal behaviour. Results points that income transfers and energy efficiency measures have the potential to decrease the proportion of households in energy poverty; however, the magnitude of their respective effects differs greatly. The average impact of energy efficiency measures provides for a greater reduction in energy poverty rates than income transfer policies. Although the greatest reduction in energy poverty is obtained by combining both measures, this combination of tools leads to overlapping effects with income transfers making only a marginal contribution once total retrofit have been implemented.The authors acknowledge support from project PID2022-140546OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 and ERDF, EU; from project 2021SGR00355 funded by the Departament de Recerca i Universitat de la Generalitat de Catalunya, and from the Chair of Energy Sustainability (IEB, Universitat de Barcelona).Springer2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00918-2https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466457reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2022-140546OB-I00Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00918-2Environmental & Resource Economics, 2024, vol. 87, p. 3335–3355cc-by (c) Elisenda Jové‑Llopis, Elisa Trujillo‑Baute, 2024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/4664572026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
spellingShingle Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
Jové-Llopis, Elisenda
Energy poverty
Vulnerable households
Energy expenditure
title_short Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
title_full Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
title_fullStr Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
title_sort Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: Policy Assessment
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Trujillo-Baute, Elisa
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Trujillo-Baute, Elisa
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Energy poverty
Vulnerable households
Energy expenditure
topic Energy poverty
Vulnerable households
Energy expenditure
description Climate change and the ongoing energy transition can increase energy poverty rates. To date, the main tool employed to alleviate energy poverty has involved income transfers to vulnerable households. However, measures that seek to improve a home's energy efficiency have recently gained increasing relevance. In this study we assess the effectiveness of these two types of policy, assuming universal coverage and optimal behaviour. Results points that income transfers and energy efficiency measures have the potential to decrease the proportion of households in energy poverty; however, the magnitude of their respective effects differs greatly. The average impact of energy efficiency measures provides for a greater reduction in energy poverty rates than income transfer policies. Although the greatest reduction in energy poverty is obtained by combining both measures, this combination of tools leads to overlapping effects with income transfers making only a marginal contribution once total retrofit have been implemented.
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