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The direct rebound effect for two income groups: The case of Paraguay

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ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 430-441

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DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2022.08.002

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Direct rebound effect; Electricity consumption; Energy services; Low-income households; Panel data

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  1. Becas Don Carlos Antonio Lopez (BECAL) [106/2017]
  2. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [RTI2018-095484-B-I00]
  3. Beatriu de Pinos postdoctoral program of the Government of Catalonia's Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Economy and Knowledge
  4. ERDF [RTI2018-095484-B-I00]

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This study estimates the direct rebound effect (DRE) of electricity demand in Paraguayan households and finds that there is a positive rebound effect after energy efficiency improvements, although it does not completely eliminate energy savings. Low-income households have a lower rebound effect, likely due to their different electricity usage patterns and sources. Additionally, there is a mismatch between electricity supply and consumption in Paraguay, especially in low-income households.
We estimate the direct rebound effect (DRE) for all energy services requiring electricity for their provision in Paraguayan households. Using recent panel data from 2001 to 2017, we estimate the magnitude of the DRE at the province and municipality levels. Because we estimate the DRE through the own-price elasticity of electricity demand, we not only provide the first empirical evidence of the DRE for Paraguay, a developing country, but also update the study of Paraguay's residential electricity demand. Our findings suggest a positive DRE emerges after an improvement in energy efficiency, but the magnitude of the DRE does not completely reduce the resulting energy savings. We find a lower DRE in low-income households, which may be explained by two factors: electric-ity is not the main source of energy for most low-income households, and most clandestine electricity connec-tions are from low-income households. Paraguay is one of the countries with the highest generation of electricity per capita through hydroelectric plants. However, this electricity supply does not match electricity consumption, especially in low-income households, because of distribution issues in relation to energy sources. We derive from our findings some policy measures to improve the situation.(c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of International Energy Initiative. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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