Household fuel use in developing countries: Review of theory and evidence

Christophe Muller and Huijie Yan

Energy Economics, 2018, vol. 70, issue C, 429-439

Abstract: Owing to recent concerns about the negative externalities of traditional fuel use on the environment and health, the issue of the household fuel transition in developing countries, from dirty fuels towards clean fuels, is receiving growing research attention. This paper provides an up-to-date survey of the economic literature on household fuel use in these countries. We first present the conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Then we discuss the empirical results that show the wide range of factors that drive the household fuel transition and can be understood better by linking them with theory.

Keywords: Household decisions; Fuel transition; Energy consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q41 Q42 R22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2018.01.024

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