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Identifying Fuel Poverty Using Objective and Subjective Measures

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  • Catherine Waddams Price

    (Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia)

  • Karl Brazier

    (School of Computing Science, University of East Anglia)

  • Khac Pham

    (Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia)

  • Laurence Mathieu

    (Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia)

  • Wenjia Wang

    (School of Computing Science, University of East Anglia)

Abstract

The UK Government is committed to abolishing fuel poverty amongst vulnerable households by the year 2010 and in the general population by 2016, but definition and measurement of fuel poverty remains controversial. We define a new measure of subjective household experience and explore links between this measure and the official objective definition, using a unique data set and the Family Expenditure Survey. We identify the relation between the two measures; explore the characteristics of households in each group; and how each measure is related to other household factors.

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  • Catherine Waddams Price & Karl Brazier & Khac Pham & Laurence Mathieu & Wenjia Wang, 2007. "Identifying Fuel Poverty Using Objective and Subjective Measures," Working Papers 07-11, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia.
    • Handle: RePEc:ccp:wpaper:wp07-11
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    Keywords

    Fuel poverty; energy expenditure;

    JEL classification:

    • L97 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Utilities: General
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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