Inequalities by energy sources: An assessment of environmental quality

Yao, Xing; Yasmeen, Rizwana; Padda, Ihtsham Ul Haq; Shah, Wasi Ul Hassan; Kamal, Muhammad Abdul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230503

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“…In a similar context, one of the recent studies by Yao et al. (2020) makes an attempt to quantify impact of energy inequalities and trade on climate quality for a sample of 57 nations over the period 1995–2018.…”

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Carbon emissions, inequalities and economic freedom: an empirical investigation in selected South Asian economies

Jain¹,

Kaur

2022

IJSE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze and empirically test the impact of Economic Freedom [(EF) measured by size of the government] and inequality on environmental pollutants in addition to macroeconomic variables like per capita GDP, governance indicators, etc. along with existence of non-linear (Kuznets) postulation between economic growth and per capita emissions.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the select Asian nations' data attributes, first qualitatively using correlation data technique, followed by empirical testing using differenced Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM). Using the data of selected Asian countries for the period from 1981 to 2016, the authors have applied a dynamic panel technique.FindingsThe key findings that emerge from the study are as follows: first, there is weak evidence for the existence of the Kuznets curve based on the empirical results; second, the results indicate that increased EF (by lower government size) could enable to contain carbon emissions; third, there is a negative relationship between democracy and environmental quality (corroborating to the existing studies on carbon emissions); and fourth, there is a strong statistical evidence that increasing income inequality pairs with greater emissions in the middle range of Gini.Practical implicationsThe paper conforms to the universally held conviction that government interventions are essentially less productive and the desirability of a reduced size of the government in realizing sustainable green growth with equity.Social implicationsIn an era of liberalization and privatization, it is argued that the role of the government needs to be redefined if not necessarily truncated.Originality/valueThe current paper incorporates Gini (inequality measure) through its intercountry range dummies to study the differential effect of Gini on carbon emissions. Also, in some of the recent studies, distributional issues have surfaced explicitly in the discussion of income–climatic change relationship, but EF largely remains missing. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the same empirically.

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Carbon emissions, inequalities and economic freedom: an empirical investigation in selected South Asian economies

Jain¹,

Kaur

2022

IJSE

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“…Inequalities in access to energy [6] may have a significant impact on social structure by contributing to increased social inequalities. Social status is one of the most important factors influencing energy consumption [7,8].…”

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Beyond the Energy Poor/Non Energy Poor Divide: Energy Vulnerability and Mindsets on Energy Generation Modes in Hungary

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In the Hungarian as well as the international literature, debates regarding the methodology used for measuring energy poverty are ongoing. Our contribution sought to develop a methodology that would be relatively easy to measure via survey and have the potential to identify households’ energy vulnerability status beyond the energy poor/non energy poor divide. Based on a representative survey that was carried out in Hungary in 2018, we identified three groups of households: energy poor, non energy poor households, and a so-called transitional group, potentially at risk of energy poverty. In addition to socioeconomic differences, we analysed differences in the mindsets of respondents belonging to these three household groups concerning different aspects of heating energy generation (macrolevel aspects, such as environmental sustainability and energy supply system issues, and microlevel aspects, such as economic and technical issues). By this, the article aims to provide input for further research on factors, beyond the social and economic background, related to energy vulnerability.

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“…We employ visual analytics [31] to capture the leading trends, patterns, policies of energy use in EU-28. The critical impact of visualization techniques on analytical reasoning has been analyzed among others by Kielman et al [32], Keim et al [33], Yao et al [34].…”

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Visual Exploration of Energy Use in EU 28: Dynamics, Patterns, Policies

Halkos

Tsilika

2021

Energies

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The paper places emphasis on primary energy resources, their covariation, and their correlation with socioeconomic factors and aims to provide a systematic analysis of their development over time. The analysis uses evidence from European Union (EU) country-level data and is based on visual analytics techniques. Different results from the same territories show that energy consumption does not always reflect or is due to climatological or meteorological conditions. Extensive use of visualization is adopted as a means of contributing to the understanding of energy use, some involved problems and concepts, and energy consumption trends over time. We present an approach that addresses the informatics challenges based on the integration of visualization software, data integration, and cluster analysis. Our cross-sectional energy review advocates that EU energy leaders are moving towards a low-carbon economy. The correlations of energy variables with economic and pollution effects are stronger in greater levels of energy use, which means that energy use has an obvious impact on economic growth and the environment. Visual and automated methods employed for the analysis, reveal the direction, the strength, and the nature of the dependence structure, in clusters covering the range of energy use in EU 28 countries.

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Inequalities by energy sources: An assessment of environmental quality

Cited by 54 publications

References 43 publications

Carbon emissions, inequalities and economic freedom: an empirical investigation in selected South Asian economies

Carbon emissions, inequalities and economic freedom: an empirical investigation in selected South Asian economies

Beyond the Energy Poor/Non Energy Poor Divide: Energy Vulnerability and Mindsets on Energy Generation Modes in Hungary

Visual Exploration of Energy Use in EU 28: Dynamics, Patterns, Policies

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