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Modelling required energy consumption with equivalence

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  • Jiangfeng Zhang
  • Steven F. Koch
  • Yuxiang Ye

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This study proposes an equivalence scale model for required energy consumption at the household level. The proposed approach equivalises actual energy expenditure across households in two steps: estimating an equivalence scale and dividing actual expenditure by the estimated scale for each household. We apply the method in a case study where data on required energy […]

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  • Jiangfeng Zhang & Steven F. Koch & Yuxiang Ye, 2020. "Modelling required energy consumption with equivalence," Working Papers 809, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:809
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    1. Ye, Yuxiang & Koch, Steven F., 2021. "Measuring energy poverty in South Africa based on household required energy consumption," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    2. Brillanti, Carla, 2022. "Cambios en las escalas de equivalencia y niveles de bienestar para el período (1996/97-2017/18) en Argentina," Nülan. Deposited Documents 3680, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Centro de Documentación.

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    Keywords

    Energy Sector; Modelling; South Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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