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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112992
	Cooking fuel choices and subjective well-being in rural China: Implications for a complete energy transition
	Ma W.; Vatsa P.; Zheng H.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	165
英文摘要	This paper examines the impacts of cooking fuel choices on individuals' subjective well-being, measured by happiness and life satisfaction, using open-access data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey. We analyze the impacts by employing a multivalued treatment effects model that accounts for selectivity bias. Unlike previous studies that consider households' binary fuel use decisions or specific fuel choices, we capture the households' fuel-stacking behaviors (using multiple fuels) by classifying cooking fuels into clean fuels, non-clean fuels, and mixed-fuels. The empirical results show that complete energy transition (i.e., switching from either non-clean fuels or mixed fuels to clean fuels) significantly improves individuals' happiness and life satisfaction. In comparison, incomplete energy transition (i.e., shifting from non-clean fuels to mixed fuels) does not significantly impact individuals' subjective well-being. A complete energy transition increases people's subjective well-being in the eastern and central parts of China but has no impact on those living in western China. Furthermore, switching from non-clean fuels to clean fuels significantly reduces happiness inequality and life satisfaction inequality. Switching to cleaner fuels also significantly increases individuals' self-reported health. We recommend that the government in China make concerted efforts to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and clean energy sources and accelerate rural households' energy transition. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	China; Cooking fuel choices; Energy transition; Happiness; Life satisfaction
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Open Data; China; Clean fuel; Cooking fuel choice; Cooking fuels; Energy transitions; Fuel choices; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Mixed fuel; Well being; Fuels; energy resource; fuel consumption; household energy; life satisfaction; rural area; China
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256214
作者单位	Department of Global Value Chains and Trade, Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand; College of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma W.,Vatsa P.,Zheng H.. Cooking fuel choices and subjective well-being in rural China: Implications for a complete energy transition[J],2022,165.
APA	Ma W.,Vatsa P.,&Zheng H..(2022).Cooking fuel choices and subjective well-being in rural China: Implications for a complete energy transition.Energy Policy,165.
MLA	Ma W.,et al."Cooking fuel choices and subjective well-being in rural China: Implications for a complete energy transition".Energy Policy 165(2022).