@article{Zhao:117810,
      recid = {117810},
      author = {Zhao, Xiaoli and Li, Na and Ma, Chunbo},
      title = {Residential Energy Consumption in Urban China},
      address = {2011-11-07},
      number = {1784-2016-141889},
      series = {Working Paper},
      pages = {24},
      month = {Nov},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Residential energy consumption (REC) is the second largest  energy use category (10%) in China and urban residents  account for most of the REC. Understanding the underlying  drivers of variations of urban REC thus helps to identify  challenges and opportunities and provide advices for future  policy measures. This paper applies the logarithmic mean  Divisia index (LMDI) to a decomposition of China’s urban  REC during the period of 1998-2007 at disaggregated  product/activity level using data collected from a wide  range of sources. Our results have shown an extensive  structure change towards a more energy-intensive household  consumption structure as well as an intensive structure  change towards high-quality and cleaner energy such as  electricity, oil, and natural gas, which reflects a  changing life style and consumption mode in pursuit of a  higher level of comfort, convenience and environmental  protection. We have also found that China’s price reforms  in the energy sector have contributed to a reduction of REC  while scale factors including increased urban population  and income levels have played a key role in the rapid  growth of REC. We suggest that further deregulation in  energy prices and regulatory as well as voluntary energy  efficiency and conservation policies in the residential  sector should be promoted.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117810},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.117810},
}