Energy poverty, children's wellbeing and the mediating role of academic performance: Evidence from China

Zhang, Quanda; Appau, Samuelson; Kodom, Peter Lord

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105206

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“…Considering that the samples used in this study actually cover all age groups of the residents, we argue that the impact of energy poverty on individual development is experienced almost throughout someone's lifetime. This finding is a further expansion of previous research that mainly focused on the development of children and women [23,67]. Due to the inclusion of income, region and other covariates, this study also confirms that, even with similar income, residents' pursuit and utilization of modern fuel can drive up their socioeconomic status.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Compared to health condition, the coefficient between energy poverty and learning behavior is smaller, that is, the mediating effect of learning behavior is weaker. By econometric methods, Zhang has demonstrated that energy poverty can affect children's academic performance [23]. This study has expanded the concepts and scopes of Zhang's study, broadening academic performance into learning behavior, from children into the adult population.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Khandker has found that residents without electricity supply had less learning time and completed schooling years [22]. For children, energy poverty even causes a decline in their academic performance [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Relationship between Energy Poverty and Individual Development: Exploring the Serial Mediating Effects of Learning Behavior and Health Condition

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Wang

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Energy poverty has negative impacts on the residents' life from various aspects. A comprehensive understanding of these impacts is the top priority in energy poverty governance. Previous qualitative studies have shown that energy poverty has the potential to negatively impact the individual development of residents through multiple pathways. However, few scholars have explored this issue from a quantitative perspective. To fill the gaps in existing research, this study aims to examine the impact of energy poverty on individual development and explore the serial mediating effects of learning behavior and health condition in the relationship. A total of 2289 valid samples are obtained from the dataset of Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS 3.5 are used to conduct serial mediating effects analysis. The results show that energy poverty can significantly negatively impact the individual development of residents. Learning behavior and health condition are found to independently or serially mediate the relationship between energy poverty and individual development. Health condition has the stronger mediating effect, whereas the mediating effect of learning behavior is weaker. This study may contribute to a better understanding of the consequences of energy poverty in government and academia.

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“…To rule out these endogeneity issues, we run 2SLS estimations using provinciallevel prices of electricity and natural gas as IV instruments under the implicit assumption that energy price increases raise energy bills and thus the likelihood of EP (Awaworyi Zhang et al, 2021). Yet if households with higher energy prices delay or even cancel household appliance purchases, this use of energy prices may not satisfy the exclusion restriction.…”

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Energy poverty and subjective well-being in China: New evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

Wang

Sousa‐Poza

2021

Energy Economics

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“…Difficulties in finding the needed privacy and personal space at home, feeling unhappy with their families and poorly cared for, being afraid of bullying and spending more time in public spaces such as parks or shopping precincts are some of the described effects of EP that can affect the mental health of adolescents and can also increase risk behaviours (e.g., early alcohol and tobacco abuse) [13,15,26]. Recently, a study in China showed that EP had a negative impact on subjective well-being in adolescents aged 10-15 years and suggested that academic performance might be one of the most important mediating mechanisms [27]. Finally, families' difficulties in paying their utility bills and the accumulation of debt can also affect the mental health of children and adolescents through the influence of economic stress on parental mental health [28], couple interaction and parenting [29].…”

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The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City

Oliveras

Borrell

González-Pijuan

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Children have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to energy poverty (EP), but little empirical research has addressed the effect of EP on children’s health and wellbeing, especially in southern Europe. In this work we aimed to provide an in-depth description of the distribution of EP by sociodemographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics, as well as to analyse the association between EP and health and wellbeing in children in Barcelona. We performed a cross-sectional study using data from the Barcelona Health Survey for 2016 (n = 481 children under 15 years). We analysed the association between EP and health outcomes through prevalence differences and prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence interval (CI), using Poisson regression models with robust variance. In Barcelona, 10.6% of children were living in EP and large inequalities were found by sociodemographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics. EP was strongly associated with poor health in children (PR (95% CI): 7.70 (2.86, 20.72)). Living in EP was also associated with poor mental health (PR (95% CI): 2.46 (1.21, 4.99)) and with more cases of asthma (PR (95% CI): 4.19 (1.47, 11.90)) and overweight (PR (95% CI): 1.50 (1.05, 2.15)) in children. It is urgent to develop specific measures to avoid such serious and unfair health effects on children.

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Energy poverty, children's wellbeing and the mediating role of academic performance: Evidence from China

Cited by 113 publications

References 59 publications

The Relationship between Energy Poverty and Individual Development: Exploring the Serial Mediating Effects of Learning Behavior and Health Condition

The Relationship between Energy Poverty and Individual Development: Exploring the Serial Mediating Effects of Learning Behavior and Health Condition

Energy poverty and subjective well-being in China: New evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City

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