TY - JOUR
T1 - Too big to be ignored
T2 - How energy poverty undermines productive efficiency
AU - Ndubuisi, Gideon
AU - Denis, Yuni
AU - Urom, Christian
AU - Abid, Ilyes
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Productive efficiency has far-reaching implications on the direction of economic growth and welfare. While this has led to an expansive literature on the drivers of productive efficiency, this literature has proceeded without considering the role of energy poverty. Yet, energy poverty affects productive efficiency on several fronts. This paper fills this knowledge gap, u. sing a sample comprising 100 developing countries for the period 2000–2017. W e found robust evidence suggesting that energy poverty negatively affects productive efficiency—i.e., energy-poor countries become productively inefficient. Further analysis in the paper revealed that this negative effect persists largely across regions and is not sensitive to cross-country differences in income level. We also found that the negative effect of energy poverty on productive efficiency becomes more pronounced at a higher level of productive efficiency. We discuss the policy implications of our findings.
AB - Productive efficiency has far-reaching implications on the direction of economic growth and welfare. While this has led to an expansive literature on the drivers of productive efficiency, this literature has proceeded without considering the role of energy poverty. Yet, energy poverty affects productive efficiency on several fronts. This paper fills this knowledge gap, u. sing a sample comprising 100 developing countries for the period 2000–2017. W e found robust evidence suggesting that energy poverty negatively affects productive efficiency—i.e., energy-poor countries become productively inefficient. Further analysis in the paper revealed that this negative effect persists largely across regions and is not sensitive to cross-country differences in income level. We also found that the negative effect of energy poverty on productive efficiency becomes more pronounced at a higher level of productive efficiency. We discuss the policy implications of our findings.
KW - Developing countries
KW - Energy poverty
KW - Productive efficiency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165928884&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113733
DO - 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113733
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165928884
SN - 0301-4215
VL - 181
JO - Energy Policy
JF - Energy Policy
M1 - 113733
ER -