Socio-economic transition and inequality of energy consumption among urban and rural residents in China

Zhou, Qiang; Shi, Wanliang

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.02.015

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“…The empirical results indicate that income level has a positive impact on residential energy consumption in general, and income level is the most paramount factor that causes such differences. Zhou and Shi (2019) [27] stated that both the progress of urbanization and industrialization have had a profound impact on the difference in energy consumption of residents. Fan et al (2020) [28] categorized urban and rural residents into groups, based on the input-output model, and examined the impact of consumption activities of residents with different income levels on China's energy and water consumption.…”

Section: Disparities In Energy Consumption and Determinantsmentioning

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Identifying Key Factors in Determining Disparities in Energy Consumption in China: A Household Level Analysis

Yang

Zhao

et al. 2021

Energies

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With the rapid progress of socio-economic development and urbanization in China, a wide variety of literature has focused on the phenomenon of energy-consumption disparity, which in turn could be related to numerous fundamental energy dilemmas that China must deal with now or soon, including energy use inefficiency, regional energy shortage, insufficient use of green energy, etc. However, in most cases, only a tendency scenario is discussed, while identifying which factors are more likely to affect the improvement of energy supply/use has not yet been fully explored. Therefore, this paper attempts to explore differences in energy consumption in specific, household-level aspects. Based on the information provided by Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS2015), the Gini coefficient and the Lorentz asymmetry coefficient are used to measure the difference among various categories of energy type and end use within and between different geographical sub-groups. The findings show that: (1) household energy-consumption behaviors exhibit a complicated effect on the overall level of energy-consumption difference; (2) from the supply side, energy users show the most significant difference in biomass energy consumption, while from the demand side, the contribution of space heating to the difference in total energy consumption is the highest; (3) a great urban–rural difference in energy consumption is generally observed with its difference within rural areas being much greater than in urban areas; (4) the eastern, middle and western regions weight differently in explaining the overall difference of energy consumption. These findings provide meaningful materials and references for policymakers in China to understand the overall situation of individual energy consumption to a great extent, and to locate key points to reform the current energy policy framework.

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Identifying Key Factors in Determining Disparities in Energy Consumption in China: A Household Level Analysis

Yang

Zhao

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Energies

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“…According to Engel’s Law, with the increase in income, the consumption rate of residents will decline, especially the proportion of food expenditure in total expenditure (Bateman and Balmford, 2018 ). In China, the income level of urban residents is significantly higher than that of rural residents, resulting in a lower consumption rate for urban residents than that of rural residents (Zhou and Shi, 2019 ).…”

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The impact of basic public services on residents’ consumption in China

Xiong

Wang

2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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China has the largest market potential in the world, but the resident consumption rate is relatively low. Releasing China’s consumption potential will contribute to the sustainable growth of China’s economy and the global economic recovery. Based on the supply of basic public services, this study analyzes the income and substitution effects of basic public services on residents’ consumption, with a view to finding channels and measures to stimulate residents’ consumption from the public sector. We first used the TOPSIS method of entropy weight to evaluate the public service level of 31 provinces in China, and then built a regression model to analyze the impact of public services on residents’ consumption, urban residents’ consumption, rural residents’ consumption, and the consumption gap between urban and rural residents. The study found that the improvement of public services has a significant positive effect on consumption, while public services also have a positive effect on narrowing the consumption gap between urban and rural residents, but the impact on urban and rural residents is different, and the positive effect on urban residents’ consumption is higher than that of rural residents. Based on the research results, this paper puts forward policy implications. On the one hand, we should increase the expenditure on basic public services, and on the other hand, we should optimize the layout of basic public services between urban and rural areas.

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“…Furthermore, different regions pose different political, economic and cultural situations. For instance, the most developed province have approximately 4.5 times higher GDP per capita compared to the least developed ones [ 83 ]. Meanwhile, underdeveloped regions are characterized by a greater diversity of dialects due to their more complex ethnic composition [ 84 – 86 ].…”

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Public attitudes towards dialects: Evidence from 31 Chinese provinces

Li,

Ke,

2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Dialect Attitude is conceptualized as an individual’s cognitive and affective evaluation of a dialect and its speakers. In the contemporary China, dialect is suffering from significant stigmatization, resulting in social inequalities, which hinder sustainable development. This study aims to reveal the Chinese public attitudes towards dialects, and clarify the potential determinants related to heterogeneous attitudes at a macro level. Methods We combine the crawler technology and sentiment analysis to conduct a provincial cross-sectional study. We collect 1,650,480 microblogs about public attitudes towards dialects from Microblog across 31 specific Chinese provinces. Spatial regression models are utilized to clarify the influence of macro-level determinants on differences in public attitudes. Results The present study reveals that: (1) The Chinese public generally holds positive attitudes towards dialects, with significant variation between provinces. (2) Political Resource (β = 0.076, SD = 0.036, P<0.05), Economic Development (β = 0.047, SD = 0.022, P<0.05), and Cultural Resource (β = 0.054, SD = 0.021, P<0.05) promote public positive attitudes towards dialects. (3) Political Resource and Culture Resource influence more significant in the relatively advantaged regions, and Economic Development poses a higher influence in the relatively disadvantaged regions. Conclusions Basing on the combination of crawler technology and sentiment analysis, the present study develops the most comprehensive database which takes 1,650,480 dialects-related microblogs from 31 Chinese provinces, and describes the following scenario: (1) Overall, the Chinese public shares a relatively positive attitude towards dialects with significant variations among different provinces, (2) Political Resource, Economic Development and Culture Resource pose positive effects on Chinese public attitudes towards dialects and (3) Political Resource and Culture Resource influence more significant in the relatively disadvantaged regions, and Economic Development poses a higher influence in the relatively advantaged regions.

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Socio-economic transition and inequality of energy consumption among urban and rural residents in China

Cited by 26 publications

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Identifying Key Factors in Determining Disparities in Energy Consumption in China: A Household Level Analysis

Identifying Key Factors in Determining Disparities in Energy Consumption in China: A Household Level Analysis

The impact of basic public services on residents’ consumption in China

Public attitudes towards dialects: Evidence from 31 Chinese provinces

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