Non-Price Determinants of Energy Choice for Cooking: Empirical Evidence from Sri Lankan Households

J.M.D. Sandamali Wijayarathne (), Gazi Hassan () and Mark Holmes ()
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Abstract: The United Nations' seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) ensures universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services for all by 2030. Modern or clean energy is perceived to be the golden thread that connects economic growth, human development, and environmental sustainability. However, one-third of the world's population still uses solid fuels for cooking, indicating the importance of switching from solid to clean fuels. This paper, therefore, analyses demographic, socioeconomic, and housing characteristics that affect household-level cooking energy choices in Sri Lanka. Further, it identifies the synergies between SDG 4, SDG 6, and SDG 7. The data is obtained from the Sri Lankan Households Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) for 2009 - 2016, covering about 58,000 households. The results of the random effects panel multinomial logit model identify that household income, household wealth, education of head, age and education of spouse, household size, number of children, housing characteristics (number of bedrooms, water facilities, type of wall, floor, and roof), and residential sector are vital in the selection of clean cooking fuel. More specifically, Advanced Sustainability Analysis (ASA) results show SDG 4 and SDG 6 have a strong synergetic effect on SDG 7. The findings suggest the importance of taking the determinants of energy choice and the synergetic gains of the SDGs into account in formulating a comprehensive national energy policy.

Keywords: energy; clean fuel; solid fuel; cooking; Sustainable Development Goal; SDG; synergies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 F24 O13 Q01 Q42 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2021-06-10
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