Mapping fuel poverty risk at the municipal level: A Small-Scale Analysis of Italian Energy Performance Certificate, Census and Survey data

Riccardo Camboni (), Alberto Corsini, Raffaele Miniaci and Paola Valbonesi
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Riccardo Camboni: Department of Economics and Management - University of Padova and OIPE

No 252, "Marco Fanno" Working Papers from Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"

Abstract: We use the nearest neighbour propensity score matching to link dwellings holding Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in the Italian province of Treviso with information on the socio-economic characteristics of households most likely to inhabit them. We construct a database of 17,405 dwellings for which information on standardized energy needs is matched to data on (potential) inhabitants and their imputed income, based respectively on census records and survey data. Our analysis shows that EPC registers can be exploited to investigate how income and housing conditions affect fuel poverty and to identify municipal areas with higher fuel poverty risk. Our findings highlight that when designing interventions to reduce fuel poverty, policymakers should target households based not only on their income but also on type of heating fuel, and on efficiency and the size of their accommodation.

Keywords: Fuel Poverty; Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs); Building and dwelling Efficiency; Energy: Government Residential Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I32 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2020-06
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Journal Article: Mapping fuel poverty risk at the municipal level. A small-scale analysis of Italian Energy Performance Certificate, census and survey data (2021)
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