Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges

<p>This paper analyses the determinants of household electricity consumption with the focus to find the impact of government subsidies and surcharges on the demand for electricity services in the rural areas. Using surveyed household data of 332 samples, quantile regression has been employed f...

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Autores principales:	Sijousa Basumatary, Mridula Devi, Konita Basumatary
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Publicado:	EconJournals 2021
Materias:	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:163a16a6715c4ed1acbf7a57db41a39a2021-11-12T07:27:31ZDeterminants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges2146-4553https://doaj.org/article/163a16a6715c4ed1acbf7a57db41a39a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/11716https://doaj.org/toc/2146-4553<p>This paper analyses the determinants of household electricity consumption with the focus to find the impact of government subsidies and surcharges on the demand for electricity services in the rural areas. Using surveyed household data of 332 samples, quantile regression has been employed for checking heterogeneity in electricity demand across different quantile of households. We find government subsidy has enhanced the household demand for electricity consumption with the elasticity ranging from 45 to 65 percent. Skeptically, electricity consumers of higher quantile tend to consume more even in the presence of outstanding bill while it is the opposite for low quantile group. Surprisingly, income and other socioeconomics variables don’t necessarily affect the households demand for electricity. This implies demand for electricity is inelastic to income and selected socioeconomic variables in rural regions. However, electricity demand decreases for households with dwelling characteristics categorized as poorer quantile. Based on our empirical findings implications are drawn for policy makers.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Electricity; Determinants; Heterogeneity; Quantile; Subsidies; Surcharges </p><p><strong>JEL Classifications:</strong> Q4; Q48; R2; R48</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11716">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11716</a></p>Sijousa BasumataryMridula DeviKonita BasumataryEconJournalsarticleEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel tradeHD9502-9502.5ENInternational Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 243-249 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5 Sijousa Basumatary Mridula Devi Konita Basumatary Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
description	<p>This paper analyses the determinants of household electricity consumption with the focus to find the impact of government subsidies and surcharges on the demand for electricity services in the rural areas. Using surveyed household data of 332 samples, quantile regression has been employed for checking heterogeneity in electricity demand across different quantile of households. We find government subsidy has enhanced the household demand for electricity consumption with the elasticity ranging from 45 to 65 percent. Skeptically, electricity consumers of higher quantile tend to consume more even in the presence of outstanding bill while it is the opposite for low quantile group. Surprisingly, income and other socioeconomics variables don’t necessarily affect the households demand for electricity. This implies demand for electricity is inelastic to income and selected socioeconomic variables in rural regions. However, electricity demand decreases for households with dwelling characteristics categorized as poorer quantile. Based on our empirical findings implications are drawn for policy makers.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Electricity; Determinants; Heterogeneity; Quantile; Subsidies; Surcharges </p><p><strong>JEL Classifications:</strong> Q4; Q48; R2; R48</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11716">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11716</a></p>
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author	Sijousa Basumatary Mridula Devi Konita Basumatary
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title	Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
title_short	Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
title_full	Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
title_fullStr	Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges
title_sort	determinants of household electricity demand in rural india: a case study of the impacts of government subsidies and surcharges
publisher	EconJournals
publishDate	2021
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Determinants of Household Electricity Demand in Rural India: A Case Study of the Impacts of Government Subsidies and Surcharges

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