Energy poverty on the flip side of energy subsidies

This paper examines the relationship between energy subsidies and energy poverty (EP). Understanding this relationship is important because subsidies are often justified from an equity perspective to protect the most vulnerable households. Argentina, which has subsidized residential energy consumpt...

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Autores principales:	Puig, Julián Mariano, Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos, Puig, Jorge Pablo
Formato:	Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2025
Materias:	Ciencias Económicas energy poverty electricity gas subsidies Argentina
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/178038
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spelling	I19-R120-10915-1780382025-04-08T20:20:42Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/178038 Energy poverty on the flip side of energy subsidies Puig, Julián Mariano Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos Puig, Jorge Pablo 2025-04 2025-04-08T17:00:44Z en Ciencias Económicas energy poverty electricity gas subsidies Argentina This paper examines the relationship between energy subsidies and energy poverty (EP). Understanding this relationship is important because subsidies are often justified from an equity perspective to protect the most vulnerable households. Argentina, which has subsidized residential energy consumption since the early 2000s, is used as the case study. Since then, the energy subsidy policy has experienced two well-defined phases: massive and universal subsidies until 2015, followed by an attempt at reduction and targeting. This context, combined with notable regional disparities -including variations in income levels, climatic conditions, energy prices, and residential energy consumption patterns (e.g., electricity vs. piped gas)- makes this case study particularly compelling. EP is analyzed both unidimensionally and multidimensionally. Under both measures, EP follows a U-shaped pattern that reflects the phases of energy subsidies: a significant decrease between 2005 and 2013, followed by a considerable increase by 2018. The paper also highlights the key role of regional disparities which is crucial for interpreting the results beyond the Argentine case. Based on the findings, the paper contributes with globally relevant insights on the link between energy subsidy policies and EP. Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales Articulo Documento de trabajo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf
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topic	Ciencias Económicas energy poverty electricity gas subsidies Argentina
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description	This paper examines the relationship between energy subsidies and energy poverty (EP). Understanding this relationship is important because subsidies are often justified from an equity perspective to protect the most vulnerable households. Argentina, which has subsidized residential energy consumption since the early 2000s, is used as the case study. Since then, the energy subsidy policy has experienced two well-defined phases: massive and universal subsidies until 2015, followed by an attempt at reduction and targeting. This context, combined with notable regional disparities -including variations in income levels, climatic conditions, energy prices, and residential energy consumption patterns (e.g., electricity vs. piped gas)- makes this case study particularly compelling. EP is analyzed both unidimensionally and multidimensionally. Under both measures, EP follows a U-shaped pattern that reflects the phases of energy subsidies: a significant decrease between 2005 and 2013, followed by a considerable increase by 2018. The paper also highlights the key role of regional disparities which is crucial for interpreting the results beyond the Argentine case. Based on the findings, the paper contributes with globally relevant insights on the link between energy subsidy policies and EP.
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title	Energy poverty on the flip side of energy subsidies
title_short	Energy poverty on the flip side of energy subsidies
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Energy poverty on the flip side of energy subsidies

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