2023/07: Spillover effects and regional determinants in the Ecuadorian clean-cooking program: A spatiotemporal econometric analysis
Developing countries are making great efforts to electrify residences to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and deal with climate change. In 2014, Ecuador launched a clean-cooking program known as the Programa de Cocción Eficiente (PCE) aimed at replacing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fired cookstoves and LPG-fired boilers with electric devices. Using an original dataset of monthly information (2015-2021) at the parish level, we study several important determinants of participation in this program that have not yet been addressed. We first model spatial spillovers and then investigate the impact of regional power quality and the effect of other subsidized programs related to electricity consumption. Our results show spillover effects for PCE participation with regard to cooking but not for the overall PCE participation rate. Higher participation is associated to better supply quality and with the use of other power subsidies. Policy recommendations include the need to perform detailed spatial analyses of the determinants of participation in these programs, instead of using surveys, and designing programs using a placed-based approach, in addition to evaluating cross-sectional effects between subsidies in advance in order to avoid unforeseen trade-offs and considering the regulatory framework for utilities to provide effective incentives to improve supply quality.
Pobreza energética: Ecosistema de agentes para combatirla mediante intervenciones de proximidad
La pobreza energética es aquella situación en la que los hogares no pueden acceder a servicios energéticos adecuados y suficientes para el desempeño de una vida digna. En 2022, el 9,3% de la población europea declaró tener problemas para mantener su hogar a una temperatura adecuada mientras que el 6,9% de los europeos manifestó retrasos en el pago de sus facturas relacionadas con el hogar (calefacción, electricidad, gas, agua, etc.).
Dos acontecimientos disruptivos de la historia económica mundial reciente han agravado la situación de pobreza energética. En marzo de 2020 se declaraba la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras que en febrero de 2022 tuvo lugar el estallido de la guerra en Ucrania que desencadenaba la crisis energética actual. Todo ello ha supuesto un impacto negativo directo en los presupuestos familiares, afectando especialmente a los colectivos en situación de vulnerabilidad sobre un bien básico de primera necesidad como es la energía (Carfora et al., 2022; Guan et al., 2023).
SEMINAR: Cristina Pizarro (Universidad del País Vasco & BC3Research) – «Gender gap in the energy sector. Evidence from Spain»
November 30, 2023 – Seminar Room 2 ERE – 14.30h
SEMINAR: Mehmet Pinar (Universidad Sevilla) – «Institutional distance and green aid effectiveness in reducing carbon dioxide emissions»
October 26, 2023 – Seminar Room 2 ERE – 14.30h
SEMINAR: Catarina Midoes (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) – «Heat and AC in the «Old» Continent: well-being impacts for older Europeans»
October 19, 2023 – Seminar Room 2 ERE – 14.30h
SEMINAR: Jorge Uribe (UOC) – «Assessing funding risks of the energy transition: Insights from Corporate Finance in the US and Spain»
September 28, 2023 – Room 1037 – 14.30h
