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Private benefits from ambient air pollution reduction policies: Evidence from the household heating stove replacement program in Chile

Primer Autor	Chavez, Carlos
Co-autores	Uribe, Adolfo Gomez, Walter Jaime, Marcela Bluffstone, Randy
Título	Private benefits from ambient air pollution reduction policies: Evidence from the household heating stove replacement program in Chile
Editorial	ELSEVIER
Revista	ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Lenguaje	en
Resumen	We estimate the key private benefits from a program to improve ambient air quality during winter in central Chile by replacing inefficient wood-fired home heating stoves with more efficient pellet stoves. We are interested in the private benefits to households, because they represent additional value of the program and likely drive adoption. Combining electronic stove surface temperature and air pollution monitoring with household surveys, we estimate the effects of adoption on household fuel expenditures, indoor temperatures and indoor air pollution concentrations (PM2.5) when the stoves are in use. We also explore heterogeneous effects of the program by income group and energy poverty status. Our results suggest that, after controlling for observable characteristics of individuals and dwellings, users of pellet stoves on average enjoy 14 % lower indoor PM2.5 concentrations during hours in which stoves are in use compared with those who use traditional stoves during the same periods of time. Lower-income and energy-poor households receive much greater than average improvements in indoor air pollution than those with higher-incomes, driving the overall estimate and indicating that the program is progressive in this dimension. The improved heating stove has significantly higher operating costs, however, and we find that these costs are most salient for low-income and energy-poor households.
Fecha Publicación	2023
Tipo de Recurso	artículo original
doi	10.1016/j.esd.2023.101323
Formato Recurso	PDF
Palabras Claves	Air pollution Energy transition Environmental policies Household behavior Heating Stoves
Ubicación del archivo	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101323
Categoría OCDE	Ciencia y tecnología - Otros temas Energía y combustibles
Materias	contaminación del aire Transición energética Políticas ambientales Comportamiento del hogar Calefacción Estufas
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)	artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)	versión publicada
Derechos de acceso	metadata
Identificador relacionado	https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/econ_fac/article/1169/&path_info=bluffstone_private_benefits_PrePrint.pdf
Access Rights	metadata
Id de Web of Science	WOS:001098008300001
ISSN	0973-0826
Tipo de ruta	verde
Categoría WOS	Ciencia y tecnología - Otros temas Energía y combustibles
Referencia del Financiador (Mandatado si es aplicable-repetible)	UTAL MMA SIDA GU