Conceptualising housing costs: The hidden face of energy poverty in Poland

Lilia Karpinska and Sławomir Śmiech ()

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 147, issue C

Abstract: The study proposes an approach to assess a hidden aspect of energy poverty (EP) in Poland. We consider households' energy under-consumption driven by low energy efficiency and budgetary constraints. A household is exposed to hidden energy poverty (HEP) if it's total disposable income after deducting the expected housing cost falls under the established threshold. To approximate the expected total housing expenditures, the data from the EU-SILC dataset on dwellings parameters, households' attributes and regional characteristics of Poland is used.

Keywords: Hidden energy poverty; Energy under-consumption; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 D1 D6 I3 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111819

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