Household-level analysis of the impacts of electricity consumption on welfare and the environment in Cambodia: Empirical evidence and policy implications |
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| Institution: | 1. Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia;2. Keio University and Chief Economist at the ERIA, Indonesia;3. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia;1. University of Tunis, High Institute of Management, Tunis, Tunisia;2. College of Business Administration, AlBaha University, Saudi Arabia;3. Univ. Manouba, ESCT, RIM RAF, UR13ES56, Tunisia;4. University of Jeddah, College of Business, Department of Accounting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;5. University of Tunis, ISG, GEF-2A Lab, Tunis, Tunisia;6. University of Manouba, ESC, Manouba, Tunisia;1. University of Alcalá, Spain;2. University of Valladolid, Spain;1. European University at St. Petersburg, 6/1A Gagarinskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 191187, Russia;2. Department of Economics, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA;1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain;2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;1. European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Via Fermi 2749, I-21027, Ispra VA, Italy;2. Inter-American Development Bank, Calle 50 con Elvira Méndez, Tower Bank, Floor 23, Panama City, Panama;1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;2. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India |
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| Abstract: | Cambodia’s biomass consumption is the most dominant energy source at residential sector, and its use is mainly for cooking and heating which could affect health due to indoor air pollution. The biomass is mainly sourced from wood cutting and forest-encroachment that could impact the environment due to reduction of forest at considerable scale. By using the data 2015 of Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey, the study investigates the impacts of electricity consumption on household welfare, such as earnings and the school performance of children in the households, and further to investigate its impacts on the environment. The study found that household’s access to electricity with ability to spend on electricity consumption contributes to the positive household welfare effects and environment via a reduction of biomass consumption, and the more household spends on biomass, the more they are prone to sickness of lung problem. The study also confirmed the important role of human capital formation for the positive impact on the welfare and the environment. These findings lead to policy implications that would improve affordable access to electricity to ensure that all households can use electricity for their basic needs and productivity, and also to reduce the negative effects on environment. |
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| Keywords: | Electricity consumption Welfare And environment Q4 I00 O13 |
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