Heterogeneity in residential electricity consumption: A quantile regression approach

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dc.contributor.authorFrondel, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorSommer, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorVance, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-07T12:47:01Z
dc.date.available2015-10-07T12:47:01Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractReducing household electricity consumption is of central relevance to climate policy given the share of 12.2% of the residential sector in greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on data originating from the German Residential Energy Survey (GRECS), this paper estimates the contribution of individual appliances to household electricity demand using the conditional demand approach, which relies on readily obtainable information on appliance ownership. Moving beyond the standard focus of mean regression, we employ a quantile regression approach to capture the heterogeneity in the contribution of each appliance according to the conditional distribution of household electricity consumption. This heterogeneity indicates that there are quite large technical potentials for efficiency improvements and electricity conservation in private households. We also find substantial differences in the end-use shares across households originating from the opposite tails of the electricity consumption distribution, highlighting the added value of applying quantile regression methods in estimating consumption rates of electric appliances.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/34254
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-16331
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paper / SFB 823;39/2015en
dc.subjectElectricity Consumptionen
dc.subjectQuantile Regression Methodsen
dc.subjectConditional Demand Approachen
dc.subject.ddc310
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.titleHeterogeneity in residential electricity consumption: A quantile regression approachen
dc.typeTextde
dc.type.publicationtypeworkingPaperde
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