Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty

Arbeitspapier

We use data from China Family Panel Studies to examine the effects of being a child or adolescent in China's Great Famine on the likelihood of being in energy poverty in adulthood. We find that a one unit increase in the intensity of the Famine, measured by the number of excess deaths per 100 people, is associated with a 1.8-3.5 percentage points decline in the probability of being in energy poverty in adulthood, depending on the exact specification and measure of energy poverty. We find that personal income is a channel through which being a child or adolescent during the Great Famine affects the proclivity to be in energy poverty later in life. These findings are robust to alternative ways of measuring childhood adversity and energy poverty.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14809

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
• Subject: childhood adversity ; energy poverty ; China ; the Chinese Great Famine

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cheng, Zhiming ; Guo, Liwen ; Smyth, Russell ; Tani, Massimiliano
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/250470
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET