Measuring Fuel Poverty: General Considerations and Application to German Household Data

Peter Heindl

FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2015, vol. 71, issue 2, 178-215

Abstract: Indicators of energy affordability and fuel poverty are a powerful tool to identify the most vulnerable households and to avoid imposing excessive burdens by climate policy. Fuel-poverty measurement consists of two independent parts: first, the definition of an appropriate fuel-poverty line, and secondly, techniques to measure fuel poverty. This paper reviews options for the definition of fuel-poverty lines and measurement techniques. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would result from different fuel-poverty lines are derived. The choice of the fuel-poverty line matters decisively for the resulting assessment. Existing fuel-poverty lines should undergo empirical reexamination and then be adapted to the case of Germany.

Keywords: fuel poverty; energy poverty; poverty measurement; Germany; Energiearmut (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H32 I32 Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1628/001522108X14285723527593

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