La poverta' energetica come privazione delle capacita' (Energy poverty as capabilities deprivation)

Chiara Grazini ()
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Chiara Grazini: Universita' degli Studi della Tuscia

Moneta e Credito, 2023, vol. 76, issue 301, 3-25

Abstract: La pandemia da COVID-19 e l'attuale crisi energetica hanno portato all'attenzione dei policy maker la necessita' di affrontare la poverta' energetica. Per contrastare efficacemente la sua crescente diffusione, e' fondamentale conoscere la sua entita' e i suoi determinanti. La piena comprensione e' stata pero' ostacolata dalla confusione terminologica tra fuel poverty ed energy poverty, nonche' dal ricorso a indici unidimensionali. Dopo aver descritto i limiti degli approcci tradizionali, l'articolo sostiene come il capability approach di Sen rappresenti il quadro normativo piu' adeguato a valorizzare la natura multidimensionale della poverta' energetica dal punto di vista teorico ed empirico. The COVID-19 pandemic and the current energy crisis have brought to the attention of policymakers the need to tackle energy poverty. To effectively counter its growing diffusion, it is essential to know its extent and its determinants. However, the full understanding was hindered by the terminological confusion between fuel poverty and energy poverty, as well as by the use of unidimensional indexes. After describing the limits of traditional approaches, the paper argues that Sen's capability approach represents the most appropriate normative framework to enhance the multidimensional nature of energy poverty.

Keywords: energy poverty; fuel poverty; energy services; wellbeing; capability approach; multidimensionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I31 I32 O13 O15 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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