Vulnerable Households in the Energy Transition: Energy Poverty, Demographics and Policies (Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics)

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Contributors
Vulnerable Households in the Energy Transition
	References
Households in the Energy Transition: Some General Issues
Effects of Energy Price Shocks on Germany’s Economy and Private Households
	1 Introduction
	2 Material and Methods
		2.1 Model Description
		2.2 Assumptions on Import Prices for Germany
	3 Results
		3.1 Effects on Consumer Prices
		3.2 Macroeconomic Effects
		3.3 Distributional Effects
	4 Discussion and Conclusions
	References
Demographic Shifts, Household Energy Needs and Vulnerability
	1 Introduction
	2 Population Trends: Some Features of Ageing
	3 Long-Run Energy Forecasts and Population Dynamics
	4 Energy-Related Vulnerability of the Elderly
		4.1 Energy Poverty in Older People and Its Drivers
	5 A Focus on Italian Household Energy Demand Elasticities
	6 Conclusions
	Appendix A: Construction of the Pseudo-Panel and the Model
	References
Overlapping Vulnerabilities and Energy Poverty
Energy Poverty and Health Pathologies: An Empirical Study on the French Case
	1 Introduction
	2 The State of Knowledge on the Link between Energy Poverty and Population Health
		2.1 The Effect of Cold on Health
		2.2 The Effect of Moisture on Health
		2.3 The Effect of Financial Pressure on Health
	3 Data
		3.1 The PEPSI Database
		3.2 Descriptive Statistics
	4 Model
	5 Results and Discussion
		5.1 The Effects of Energy Poverty on Health
		5.2 Policy Recommendations
	6 Conclusions
	Appendix
	References
Vulnerability to Motor Fuel Price Increases: Socio-Spatial Patterns in Italy
	1 Introduction
	2 Literature Review
		2.1 Affordability of Car Use and Vulnerability to Fuel Price Increases: Concepts and Indicators
		2.2 Spatial Patterns of Vulnerability to Fuel Price Increases
	3 Case Study
	4 Methods
	5 Results
	6 Discussion and Conclusions
	References
The Gender–energy–poverty Nexus Under Review: A Longitudinal Study for Spain
	1 Introduction
	2 Methodology
	3 Data Set
	4 Results and Discussion
	5 Conclusions
	Annex: Results for One-Person Household Analysis
	References
Carbon Pricing and Energy Poverty Mitigation Policies
Effects of Carbon Tax Redistribution Schemes on Energy Welfare of Households in Germany
	1 Introduction
	2 Household Energy Vulnerability
	3 Characterisation of the Household Sector in Germany
		3.1 Socio-Economic Disaggregation of Households
		3.2 Household Energy-Related Investment and Consumption Patterns
	4 Carbon Taxes and Redistribution Policies
	5 Energy Welfare of Households within the Context of the Energy Transition
		5.1 Disaggregation
		5.2 Budget Constraints
		5.3 Incorporation of Policies and Measures
	6 Results
		6.1 Scenario Descriptions
		6.2 Impact of Carbon Tax
		6.3 Redistribution per Person
		6.4 Redistribution per Household
		6.5 Discussion
	7 Conclusions
	References
Households’ Energy Demand and Carbon Taxation in Italy
	1 Introduction
	2 Literature Review
	3 Data
	4 Estimating Elasticities
	5 The Simulation of a Carbon Tax
		5.1 The Rationale for a Carbon Tax
		5.2 A Carbon Tax in Practice
		5.3 The Simulation Design
		5.4 Simulation Results
	6 Conclusions
	Appendix A: Estimating Households Energy Demand
	Modelling Energy Demand
	Estimation of Electricity Demand
	Estimation of Heating Demand
	Estimation of Private Transport Demand
	Estimation of Total Energy Demand
	References
Assessing Ecobonus as Energy Poverty Mitigation Policy: Is Energy Efficiency for All?
	1 Introduction
	2 Energy Poverty Measurement and Definition
	3 Policy Strategies
		3.1 Energy Poverty Mitigation in EU Countries
		3.2 Energy Poverty Mitigation in Italy
	4 An Evaluation of the Ecobonus Incentive Scheme
		4.1 Method
		4.2 Results
		4.3 Discussion
	5 Conclusions
	References
Energy Poverty and Just Transformation in Greece
	1 Introduction
	2 Strategic Framework for Energy Poverty in Greece
		2.1 EU Policy Context
		2.2 National Policy Context
	3 Measuring the Problem
		3.1 The Diversity of Indicators to Identify and Measure Energy Poverty
		3.2 Measuring Energy Poverty in Greece
	4 Energy Poverty Alleviation Measures in Greece
	5 Implications of the European Green Deal on Energy Poverty and Equity
		5.1 Inequality and Energy Poverty Indicators
		5.2 Modelling Income Inequality and Energy Poverty with GEM-E3-FIT
		5.3 Scenario Design
		5.4 Results on Socio-Economic Variables and Distributional Effects
		5.5 Results on Energy Poverty
	6 Conclusions
	References