Rational Choices and Welfare Changes in Philippine Family Energy Demand: Evidence from Family Income and Expenditure Surveys

• Main Authors: Dumagan, Jesus C, Abrigo, Michael RM
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Expenditure minimization; energy demand; end-use efficiency; welfare change; Economics; Environmental Sciences; Oil, Gas, and Energy; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/252; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1252&context=asog-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study found Philippine family demands for (1) electricity, (2) gas and liquid fuels, (3) solid fuels, (4) food, and (5) others—based on Family Income and Expenditure Surveys (FIES) in 2009, 2012, and 2015—are rational (i.e., expenditure minimizing). Specifically, all own-price elasticities are...