Energy poverty, children's wellbeing and the mediating role of academic performance: Evidence from China
| Autor: | Peter Lord Kodom, Quanda Zhang, Samuelson Appau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economics and Econometrics
020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 02 engineering and technology General Energy Policy decision 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Happiness Demographic economics 050207 economics China Psychology Energy poverty media_common |
| Zdroj: | Energy Economics. 97:105206 |
| ISSN: | 0140-9883 |
| Popis: | Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, we examine the effects of energy poverty on children's subjective wellbeing. We find that energy poverty reduces children's subjective wellbeing: a standard deviation increase in energy poverty is associated with 0.353 standard deviation decrease in subjective wellbeing. This general conclusion is robust to alternative ways of measuring subjective wellbeing and energy poverty, a suite of estimation techniques, and other sensitivity checks. Additionally, we find that academic performance is an important channel through which energy poverty lowers children's subjective wellbeing. Our findings point out the need to involve children both in household practices and policy decisions that seek to address energy poverty, especially when it pertains to the children's wellbeing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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