Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236460 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14429
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using the 2012-2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies, we investigate the impact of energy poverty (EP) on subjective well-being (SWB) among Chinese adults aged 18 and over. In addition to documenting EP rates in the range of 13.2% to 35.3% (dependent on measurement used), we show that EP lowers life satisfaction, with more pronounced impacts among males, the poor, and those residing in central regions. These results are robust to both alternative EP and SWB measures and to a series of estimation approaches that control for endogeneity. An additional structural equation modelling analysis of underlying mechanisms confirms that individual self-reported health, housing quality, and household food expenditure mediate the EP-SWB relation.
Subjects: 
energy poverty
life satisfaction
happiness
depression
China
JEL: 
I10
I12
R21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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