Off-farm work and rural residential energy transition: a farm-household model and empirical evidence from China
Off-farm work and rural residential energy transition: a farm-household model and empirical evidence from China
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DOI：
10.1108/caer-09-2021-0188
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发表时间：
2022-08
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Dingqiang Sun;Xinyue Yang;H. Qiu
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作者：
Dingqiang Sun;Xinyue Yang;H. Qiu
**目的** 本文旨在研究非农工作在中国农村居民能源转型中所起的作用。
**设计/方法/途径** 为指导这一实证研究，作者构建了一个简单的农户模型来解释农村能源消费情况。随后，作者运用面板数据方法，实证评估了非农工作能够加速中国农村能源转型的三种主要机制。
**研究结果** 研究表明，非农工作带来的收入增长能够减少传统生物质能的消费，并推动向商业能源的转变。可用于农业生产的劳动力流失提高了不可交易生物质能的影子价格，进而抑制了对传统生物质能的需求。更重要的是，作者发现从事服务业工作能够显著促进农村家庭对商业能源的消费。行业接触效应表明，新的工作环境可能会影响农村家庭的能源偏好，从而加速从传统生物质能的转型。
**创新性/价值** 以往研究主要聚焦于非农工作对农村能源消费的收入效应。作者首次明确了非农工作对中国农村能源转型的三种既相关又本质不同的效应。本研究为理解中国农村能源消费转型过程提供了新的视角。
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the role of off-farm work in the rural residential energy transition in China.Design/methodology/approachTo guide this empirical work, the authors present a simple farm-household model to explain rural energy consumption. The authors then empirically assess three main mechanisms through which off-farm work can speed up energy transition in rural China using panel data methods.FindingsThe study shows that income growth from off-farm work can reduce the consumption of traditional biomass energy and facilitate a shift to commercial energy. The losses of labor available for on-farm production raise the shadow price of non-tradable biomass energy and further dampen the demand for traditional biomass energy. More importantly, the authors find that working in service sectors can significantly promote the consumption of commercial energy by rural households. The sectoral exposure effect indicates that a new working environment may influence rural households' energy preferences and thus accelerate the transition away from traditional biomass energy.Originality/valuePrevious studies focus mainly on the income effect of off-farm work on rural energy consumption. The authors first identify three related but essentially different effects of off-farm work on rural energy transition in China. This study provides new insights into the process of energy consumption transition in rural China.