Energy consumption in rural China: A household model for three villages in Jiangxi Province
Energy consumption in rural China: A household model for three villages in Jiangxi Province
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.07.018
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发表时间：
2006-06-15
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7
通讯作者：
van den Berg, M
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作者：
Chen, L;Heerink, N;van den Berg, M
在中国，木柴和煤炭是贫困地区农村家庭最重要的能源。沿着人口和经济增长，过度采集薪材是毁林的一个主要原因。燃烧煤炭会造成环境问题，如空气污染、酸雨和温室气体排放。本文的目的是分析贫困、森林资源丰富地区薪材采集的能源选择和劳动力投入的决定因素，并就如何影响这些选择提供政策建议。为此，一个不可分离的家庭模型，反映劳动力分配和能源需求的农村家庭的选择，估计从现有的数据，在江西省，中国东南部的一个贫困，森林丰富的地区的三个村庄。本文的创新之处在于分析了家庭在森林和非森林燃料之间替代的驱动因素，以及在不同市场准入条件下家庭反应的差异。(c)2005 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
In China, fuelwood and coal are the most important energy sources for rural households in poor areas. Along with population and economic growth, excessive fuelwood collection is a major cause of deforestation. Burning coal contributes to environmental problems such as air pollution, acid rain and greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this article is to analyze factors determining choice of energy source and labor input into fuelwood collection in poor, forest-rich regions, and to provide policy recommendations on ways to affect these choices. To this end, a nonseparable household model, reflecting choices in labor allocation and energy demand of rural households, is estimated from available data for three villages in a poor, forest-rich region in Jiangxi Province, Southeast China. Innovative aspects of this article are the analyses of factors driving household substitution between forest and non-forest fuels and of dissimilarities in household responses under different market access conditions. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.