Drivers of Electricity Poverty in Spanish Dwellings: A Quantile Regression Approach

Rafael de Arce; Ramón Mahía

Working Paper Article Version 2 This version is not peer-reviewed

Version 1 : Received: 29 April 2019 / Approved: 30 April 2019 / Online: 30 April 2019 (11:56:31 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 15 September 2020 / Approved: 18 September 2020 / Online: 18 September 2020 (09:40:45 CEST)

The main objective of this article is to explore the causes of household electricity poverty in Spain from an innovative perspective. Based on evidence of energy inequality across households with different income levels, a quantile regression approach was used to better capture the heterogeneity of determinants of energy poverty across different levels of electricity expenditure. The results illustrate some interesting and counter-intuitive findings about the relationship between household income and electricity poverty, and the technical efficiency of quantile regression compared to the imprecise results of a standard single coefficient/OLS approach.

electricity poverty; quantile regression

Business, Economics and Management, Economics

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Received: 18 September 2020
Commenter: Rafael De Arce
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author

Comment: The article was finally published in Energies. Now, we are sending the final version.

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Drivers of Electricity Poverty in Spanish Dwellings: A Quantile Regression Approach

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