Is there a 'heat-or-eat' trade-off in the UK?
Is there a 'heat-or-eat' trade-off in the UK?
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DOI：
10.1111/rssa.12013
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Crossley, Thomas F.
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作者：
Beatty, Timothy K. M.;Blow, Laura;Crossley, Thomas F.
在反常的寒冷天气期间，家庭是否会削减食品支出，以支付额外的保暖费用？对于那些不能随着时间的推移平滑消费的家庭，我们描述了寒冷天气的冲击如何等同于收入冲击。我们合并了详细的家庭层面的支出数据，从老年人家庭的历史区域天气信息。我们发现的证据表明，最贫穷的老年家庭无法在最严重的温度冲击下平滑燃料支出。在统计学上，食物支出的显著减少是由于冬季气温比预期低2个或更多标准差，这大约发生在40个冬季月份中的1个月;食物支出的减少在较贫穷的家庭中要大得多。
Do households cut back on food spending to finance the additional cost of keeping warm during spells of unseasonably cold weather? For households which cannot smooth consumption over time, we describe how cold weather shocks are equivalent to income shocks. We merge detailed household level expenditure data from older households with historical regional weather information. We find evidence that the poorest of older households cannot smooth fuel spending over the worst temperature shocks. Statistically significant reductions in food spending occur in response to winter temperatures 2 or more standard deviations colder than expected, which occur about 1 winter month in 40; reductions in food expenditure are considerably larger in poorer households.