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Electricity consumption, ethnic origin and religion

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  • Leslie, Gordon W.
  • Pourkhanali, Armin
  • Roger, Guillaume

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This paper documents the average electricity consumption of households in neighbourhoods with a substantial minority presence and contrasts it to otherwise similar neighbourhoods, thereby establishing a correlation between consumption and variables such as country-of-birth (“ethnicity”). Controlling for standard socio-economic variables, we find systematic departures from the population mean, however not always in the same direction: some minority groups consume more, others less. The method we use is a non-invasive way to obtain electricity use patterns by cultural groups. We discuss how this may inform public energy use programs and perhaps motivate cultural adaptation of energy efficiency messaging at the local community level.

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  • Leslie, Gordon W. & Pourkhanali, Armin & Roger, Guillaume, 2022. "Electricity consumption, ethnic origin and religion," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:eneeco:v:114:y:2022:i:c:s0140988322003905
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106249
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    Keywords

    Energy demand; Energy consumption; Religion; Ethnic origin;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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