Income and Energy Consumption in Mexican Households

The analysis of household energy consumption patterns is critical for evaluating public mechanisms, such as subsidies and social tariffs that aim to provide lower income earners with better access to energy sources. This paper focuses on Mexican households to analyze the relations between their levels of income, consumption of different forms of energy, and the role played by different household characteristics. Using microdata from the Mexican Income Expenditure Surveys, the paper first relate income and energy expenditure to determine the shape of this relation. It then applies OLS and Tobit models to determine how income levels affect energy consumption in relation to other covariates. The results show a positive relation for income deciles and energy consumption and some household characteristics -- pointing to differentiated mechanisms for improving energy use.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo, Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-05
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ENERGY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, AIR CONDITIONING, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BATTERIES, COAL, CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY, COOKING, CRUDE OIL, DEFORESTATION, DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DIESEL, DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRIFICATION, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY ECONOMICS, ENERGY EXPENDITURE, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY USE, FUEL, GAS, GAS DISTRIBUTION, GAS PRICE, GASOLINE, GASOLINE CONSUMPTION, GASOLINE SOURCE, GENERATION, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, LIGHTING, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, POWER, RAW MATERIAL, RESIDENTIAL DEMAND, RESIDENTIAL ENERGY, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ENERGY, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, TOTAL ENERGY DEMAND, URBAN AREAS, VEHICLE, VEHICLES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19489359/income-energy-consumption-mexican-households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18339
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