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Inequalities in LPG and electricity consumption in India : The role of caste, tribe, and religion
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dc.contributor.author | Saxena, Vibhor | |
dc.contributor.author | Bhattacharya, PC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-07T00:48:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-07T00:48:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-02 | |
dc.identifier | 251333680 | |
dc.identifier | 44ddf4cd-4e69-43e1-883c-c4e03f27968b | |
dc.identifier | 85032729159 | |
dc.identifier | 000418484700005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Saxena , V & Bhattacharya , PC 2018 , ' Inequalities in LPG and electricity consumption in India : The role of caste, tribe, and religion ' , Energy for Sustainable Development , vol. 42 , no. C , pp. 44-53 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.09.009 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0973-0826 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-9411-5527/work/60196608 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/16404 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the role of caste, tribe, and religion in determining energy inequality in India. We provide evidence by using the National Sample Survey Organisation data from the 68th round (2011–12) of 87,753 households. We estimate the inequalities in access to Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and electricity usage by the households belonging to the three major disadvantaged groups in India, viz., the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, and the Muslims. The results of our empirical analysis suggest that, after controlling for the determinants which impinge on the households’ microeconomic demand and regional supply characteristics, the households belonging to the scheduled tribe and scheduled caste communities do have significantly poorer access to LPG and electricity usage as compared to the upper caste households. The decomposition analysis of average differences in the predicted outcomes shows that it is the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households who would appear to face most discrimination. The Muslim households too face significant inequality in accessing LPG. Policy implications of the findings are considered. | |
dc.format.extent | 725216 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Energy for Sustainable Development | en |
dc.subject | Cooking fuel | en |
dc.subject | Electricity | en |
dc.subject | Inequality | en |
dc.subject | Discrimination | en |
dc.subject | HD Industries. Land use. Labor | en |
dc.subject | HC Economic History and Conditions | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy | en |
dc.subject | SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HC | en |
dc.title | Inequalities in LPG and electricity consumption in India : The role of caste, tribe, and religion | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Economics and Finance | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.esd.2017.09.009 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-11-07 |
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