A0691
Title: How economic backwardness and institutional quality affect energy poverty: Evidence from Italian regional panel data
Authors: Lodovico Santoro - National Anticorruption Authority (ANAC) (Italy) [presenting]
Abstract: Energy poverty is a major concern in both developing and developed countries, and it is not unusual to find differences within the same country, as in the case of Italy. So far, several studies have used household-level data, but little attention is devoted to analysing the macro-contextual factors in which the usual survey-based determinants of energy poverty operate. The aim is to fill this gap and exploit the great heterogeneity of Italian regions to analyse the effect of economic backwardness and institutional quality on a consensus indicator of energy poverty derived from the EU-SILC survey. The variable calculated as the share of value added from agriculture on total value added is employed as a proxy for economic backwardness, allowing, on the one hand, to make a distinction between the different economic structures of the regions and, on the other hand, to indirectly capture the specific rural dimension of energy poverty. Therefore, by relating the macro and micro dimensions of energy poverty, regressions are carried out on panel data through IV procedures to shed light on the Italian regional macro frameworks in which the phenomenon arises. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the view of ANAC.
