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Fuel Poverty and Well-Being: A Consumer Theory and Stochastic Frontier Approach

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  • Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez

    (Oviedo Efficiency Group, Dept of Economics, University of Oviedo)

  • Luis Orea

    (Oviedo Efficiency Group, Dept. of Economics, University of Oviedo)

  • Tooraj Jamasb

    (Durham University Business School)

Abstract

Evidence and conventional wisdom suggest that general poverty has a negative effect on the well-being of individuals. However, the mechanisms through which this effect occurs are not well-understood through economic approach. In this paper, we analyse the influence of general and fuel poverty as well as the social dimension through peer comparison on the subjective well-being of households. We develop a novel approach to analyse fuel poverty and well-being based on consumer theory. Individual preferences are modelled using indifference curves and a distance function where the preferences of individuals are affected by their poverty status. We use the survey data from the official Spanish Life Condition Survey for 2013, which contains over 16,608 observations on household members. The results show that both general and fuel poverty influence the reference indifference curve but that individuals also compare themselves with their peers. The proposed model also allows us to corroborate how general and fuel poverty affect well-being and how effective policies can be designed to improve social welfare.
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  • Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez & Luis Orea & Tooraj Jamasb, 2016. "Fuel Poverty and Well-Being: A Consumer Theory and Stochastic Frontier Approach," Working Papers EPRG 1628, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
    • Handle: RePEc:enp:wpaper:eprg1628
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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