Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India

Salman Haider, Shadman Zafar and Abhinav Jindal

Utilities Policy, 2024, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: Access to electricity plays a crucial role in reducing energy poverty. This analysis examines energy affordability based on electricity expenditures. Hence, panel data from the consumer pyramids household survey has been consolidated. Fixed-effect models have been applied at the household level to control unobservable heterogeneity. The results show that better income leads to more electricity expenses non-linearly. Lower-income group households have a higher income elasticity of electricity expenditure than higher-income group households. Whereas moderately educated households have higher expenditure on electricity. The quality of electricity access matters to households for higher electricity usage.

Keywords: Electricity expenditure; India; Sustainable development goal; Accessibility of electricity; Energy poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101735

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