Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data

The feed-in tariff has become a popular policy instrument globally for deploying clean energy, often involving substantial public spending commitments. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to how payments made under this policy type get distributed across socioeconomic groups. This paper li...

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Main Authors:	Grover, David, Daniels, Benjamin
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY SUBSIDIES SOCIAL EQUITY SPATIAL ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ENERGY PRICING POLICY PHOTOVOLTAIC RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY INEQUALITY REGRESSIONS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29298

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spelling	okr-10986-292982021-05-25T10:54:43Z Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data Grover, David Daniels, Benjamin CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY SUBSIDIES SOCIAL EQUITY SPATIAL ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ENERGY PRICING POLICY PHOTOVOLTAIC RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY INEQUALITY REGRESSIONS The feed-in tariff has become a popular policy instrument globally for deploying clean energy, often involving substantial public spending commitments. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to how payments made under this policy type get distributed across socioeconomic groups. This paper links information on individual domestic photovoltaic (PV) installations registered under the feed-in tariff for England and Wales, to spatially-organised census data. This makes it possible to observe which socioeconomic groups are benefitting most and least under the policy. Comparing the observed benefit distribution to a counterfactual distribution of perfect equality, a moderate to high level of inequality is found. Cross-sectional regressions suggest that settlement density, home ownership status, physical dwelling type, local information spillovers, and household social class shaped this outcome. Greater sensitivity to these factors in policy design could improve distributional outcomes under feed-in tariff policies in England and Wales, and beyond. 2018-02-01T19:44:52Z 2018-02-01T19:44:52Z 2017-03 Journal Article Energy Policy 0301-4215 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29298 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research United Kingdom
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topic	CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY SUBSIDIES SOCIAL EQUITY SPATIAL ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ENERGY PRICING POLICY PHOTOVOLTAIC RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY INEQUALITY REGRESSIONS
spellingShingle	CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY SUBSIDIES SOCIAL EQUITY SPATIAL ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT ENERGY PRICING POLICY PHOTOVOLTAIC RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY INEQUALITY REGRESSIONS Grover, David Daniels, Benjamin Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
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description	The feed-in tariff has become a popular policy instrument globally for deploying clean energy, often involving substantial public spending commitments. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to how payments made under this policy type get distributed across socioeconomic groups. This paper links information on individual domestic photovoltaic (PV) installations registered under the feed-in tariff for England and Wales, to spatially-organised census data. This makes it possible to observe which socioeconomic groups are benefitting most and least under the policy. Comparing the observed benefit distribution to a counterfactual distribution of perfect equality, a moderate to high level of inequality is found. Cross-sectional regressions suggest that settlement density, home ownership status, physical dwelling type, local information spillovers, and household social class shaped this outcome. Greater sensitivity to these factors in policy design could improve distributional outcomes under feed-in tariff policies in England and Wales, and beyond.
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author	Grover, David Daniels, Benjamin
author_facet	Grover, David Daniels, Benjamin
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title	Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
title_short	Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
title_full	Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
title_fullStr	Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
title_full_unstemmed	Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data
title_sort	social equity issues in the distribution of feed-in tariff policy benefits : a cross sectional analysis from england and wales using spatial census and policy data
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29298
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Social Equity Issues in the Distribution of Feed-in Tariff Policy Benefits : A Cross Sectional Analysis from England and Wales Using Spatial Census and Policy Data

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