Subjective satisfaction and objective electricity poverty reduction in Vietnam, 2008-2018
| Autor: | Hoai-Son Nguyen, Minh Ha-Duong |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement (CIRED), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-AgroParisTech-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Economics University (Ha Noi, Vietnam) (NEU), ABIES Doctoral School |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Inequality
020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject Vietnamese Sustainable Development Goals Q48 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q4 - Energy/Q.Q4.Q48 - Government Policy JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electricity poverty Energy poverty 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Sustainable development Public economics Poverty business.industry JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q4 - Energy/Q.Q4.Q41 - Demand and Supply • Prices 1. No poverty [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Q56 language.human_language Human development (humanity) Vietnam Sustainability language Indicators Q41 Business Electricity |
| Zdroj: | Fullbright Review of Economics and Policy Fullbright Review of Economics and Policy, Emerald Group Publishing, In press, ⟨10.1108/FREP-03-2021-0022⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2635-0181 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe authors estimate the reduction of electricity poverty in Vietnam. The essential argument is that human development is about subjective feeling as much as technology and income.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a self-reported satisfaction indicator as complementary to objective indicators based on national household surveys from 2008 to 2018.FindingsIn 2010, the fraction of households with access to electricity was over 96%. However, over 24% declared their electricity use did not meet their needs. Since 2014, the satisfaction rate is around 97%, even if 25% of the households used less than 50 kWh/month. Today there is electricity for all in Vietnam, but electricity bills weigh more and more in the budget of households.Practical implicationsThe subjective energy poverty measure allows better international statistics: unlike poverty or needs-based criteria, self-assessed satisfaction of needs compares across income levels and climates.Social implicationsInequalities in electricity use among Vietnamese households decreased during the 2008–2018 period, but are not greater than inequalities in income, contrary to the findings of Son and Yoon (2020).Originality/valueEngineering and econometric objectivist approaches dominate the literature on sustainability monitoring. Out of 232 sustainable development goal (SDG) indicators, only two are subjective. Yet the findings show that subjective indicators tell a different part of the story. Access is not grid building, but the meaningful provision of electricity to satisfy the needs. |
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