Global redistribution of income and household energy footprints: a computational thought experiment
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چکیده
Non-technical summary Global income inequality and energy consumption are related. High-income households consume more than low-income ones, for different purposes. Here, we explore the global household implications of redistribution. We show that shapes not only inequalities but quantity composition overall demand. Our results call inclusion distribution into system models, as well climate policy. Technical Despite a rapidly growing number studies on relationship between energy, there is little research estimating effect redistribution contribute to this debate by proposing simple granular data-driven model consumption. isolate move beyond assumption aggregate income–energy elasticities. First, expenditure function income. Second, determine budget shares variety products services employing product-granular elasticities Subsequently, apply consumption-based final intensities product obtain footprint accounts. Testing variants distribution, find ‘energy costs’ equity small. Equitable inequitable distributions income, however, entail distinct structural change in terms. In an equitable world, fewer people live poverty consumed subsistence necessities, instead luxury transport. Social media Equality shifts footprints towards subsistence, while them transport luxury.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Global sustainability
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2059-4798']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2021.1