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Impacts of energy use nexus on inter- and intra-heterogeneous households: the case of Uttar Pradesh, India

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  • Gaur, V.

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This study analyzes the nexus issues of energy use, agricultural production, income and employment among heterogeneous and interdependent rural households in Uttar Pradesh, India. We use an agricultural household dynamic programming model that includes two types of households differentiated by their socio-economic characteristics and linked through agricultural contracts. Households are also differentiated by their membership in terms of men, women and children. The model simulates the effects of policies such as state subsidies for the purchase of solar panels, improvement in non-agricultural employment opportunities, and combinations of the two. Our main data source is a survey of 400 rural Uttar Pradesh households. The model results indicate that households improve energy use patterns by using solar panels; yet, adoption of such technology is conditional on state subsidy levels of 50% and 80% for the purchase of solar panels for farming and domestic purposes respectively. Subsidies for solar panels together with improvement of off-farm work increases off-farm employment and income of the poorer household and reduces rural income inequality, however, agricultural production is reduced. In addition, the wealthier household incurs losses from improvement in non-agricultural employment opportunities due to reduced labor availability for farming. Acknowledgement :

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  • Djanibekov, U. & Gaur, V., 2018. "Impacts of energy use nexus on inter- and intra-heterogeneous households: the case of Uttar Pradesh, India," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277299, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277299
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