Conceptualising housing costs: The hidden face of energy poverty in Poland

Karpinska, Lilia; Śmiech, Sławomir

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111819

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“…Thus, the most considerable growth of the ratio of expenditure on energy carriers to disposable income in Poland during the pandemic has affected people with the lowest and average income. This conclusion is in line with the results of Karpinska andŚmiech [65], who, when analyzing the phenomenon of exposure to hidden energy poverty, indicated that it is mainly linked to income poverty.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Level of Energy Poverty in Poland

Nagaj

Korpysa

2020

Energies

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The main objective of the paper is to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of energy poverty in Poland. In order to achieve such a goal, the first part of the article presents the definition of energy poverty and the nature of its measures, as well as the determinants and policies of the state addressing the issue of energy poverty mitigation. In the second part of the paper, the results of research into the level of energy poverty are analyzed and the variables affecting energy poverty in Poland during the pandemic are determined. It was established on the basis of these results that the present pandemic contributed to the aggravation of financial difficulties in Polish households with regard to financing expenditure on energy carriers. It was found that COVID-19 had a negative impact on the average disposable income of Polish households, which, with the increase in prices and expenditure on energy carriers, led to an increase in the proportion of disposable income spent on energy carriers. The most affected have been the poorest households. Moreover, the long downward trend in the level of energy poverty in Poland has reversed. Thus, it has been proved that COVID-19 has contributed to the intensification of energy poverty in Poland. The theoretical and empirical considerations contained in this paper may be a valuable source of scientific data on the impact of the pandemic on household energy poverty, while public institutions may find them a source of useful information, helping to create effective instruments to mitigate energy poverty in the Polish economy.

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Level of Energy Poverty in Poland

Nagaj

Korpysa

2020

Energies

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“…Starting from the pioneering approach of Healy and Clinch (2004) in the first fully comparative study of EP across the EU, the ability to keep a house adequately warm has often been used as a primary indicator capturing the various aspects of the EP (e.g., Karpinska and Smiech, 2020 ). It represents the outcome variable, both in studies that investigate EP in single countries (e.g., Aristondo and Onanindia, 2018 ) and in those focusing on the effects of EU energy policies about the EP (e.g., Primc and Slabe-Erker, 2020 ).…”

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Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic is manifesting its devastating effects in multiple directions, even indirectly affecting the health of citizens, for instance, by increasing the level of energy poverty (EP). As part of the studies that are trying to frame the consequences of the pandemic, this paper aims to identify the effects on EP in the coming years in a bid to identify the countries of the European Union most affected and the time span necessary to return to a path to reduce EP. For this purpose, an analysis based on the supervised learning algorithms of dynamic factor models is carried out. The outcomes of this investigation show that the negative effects of the pandemic on the level of EP will be reabsorbed very slowly, not before 2025, and in any case with substantial differences between countries, further widening the gap between countries with low levels of EP and those with greater EP levels.

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“…For Portugal, Horta et al [62] find that "more affluent regions and households have lower levels of vulnerability to energy poverty" (p. 8), although they also note that many households feel it is "normal and acceptable to feel thermal discomfort at home" (ibid). Bouzarovski and Tirado Herrero [63] established that there are significant regional differences in energy poverty levels within Poland, Czechia and Hungary, often relating to wider economic inequalities (also see [64] for further detailed work on Poland). There are divergent opinions about the relationship between energy poverty patterns, on the one hand, and the urban-rural divide, on the other; while Bouzarovski and Thomson [64] uncover significant urban energy poverty levels in the inner cities and neighbourhoods of a number of Central and Eastern European cities, Scarpellini et al [65] argue that, in Spain, "energy poverty is less acute in the households located in rural areas" (p. 320).…”

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“…Bouzarovski and Tirado Herrero [63] established that there are significant regional differences in energy poverty levels within Poland, Czechia and Hungary, often relating to wider economic inequalities (also see [64] for further detailed work on Poland). There are divergent opinions about the relationship between energy poverty patterns, on the one hand, and the urban-rural divide, on the other; while Bouzarovski and Thomson [64] uncover significant urban energy poverty levels in the inner cities and neighbourhoods of a number of Central and Eastern European cities, Scarpellini et al [65] argue that, in Spain, "energy poverty is less acute in the households located in rural areas" (p. 320). This conclusion is countered by Katsoulakos and Kaliampakos [66,67], who establish extensive vulnerabilities in mountainous rural Greece, as well as by Sokołowski et al [68], who underline the pertinent challenges faced by Polish rural regions.…”

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Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

Bouzarovski

Thomson

Cornelis³

2021

Energies

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This paper scrutinizes existing policy efforts to address energy poverty at the governance scale of the European Union (EU) and its constituent Member States. Our main starting point is the recent expansion of energy poverty policies at the EU level, fuelled by the regulatory provisions of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package, as well as the establishment of an EU Energy Poverty Observatory. Aided by a systematic and customized methodology, we survey the extensive scientific body of work that has recently been published on the topic, as well as the multiple strategies and measures to address energy poverty that have been formulated across the EU. This includes the principal mitigation approaches adopted by key European and national institutions. We develop a framework to judge the distributional and procedural justice provisions within the recently adopted National Energy and Climate Plans, as an indicator of the power, ability and resolve of relevant institutions to combat the causes and consequences of energy injustice. We also provide a research and policy agenda for future action, highlighting a series of scientific and decision-making challenges in the European and global context.

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Conceptualising housing costs: The hidden face of energy poverty in Poland

Cited by 56 publications

References 33 publications

Impact of COVID-19 on the Level of Energy Poverty in Poland

Impact of COVID-19 on the Level of Energy Poverty in Poland

Forecasting the COVID-19 effects on energy poverty across EU member states

Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda

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