Economic Impacts of a Supporting Scheme on Domestic Energy Consumption in Bolivia: A Quasi-experimental Approach
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
May 2023
Subject
Energy Consumption;
Lockdown;
Energy;
Electricity Consumption;
Administrative Register;
Coronavirus;
Pandemic;
Economy;
Income Distribution
JEL code
H23 - Externalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and Subsidies;
H31 - Household;
H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs;
I38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs;
Q41 - Demand and Supply • Prices;
D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Country
Bolivia
Category
Working Papers
The Bolivian government fostered an electricity cost supporting scheme to attenuate the effect of the nationwide full lockdown on domestic consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper evaluates its effect on the levels of energy consumption during lockdown, and the monetary savings it implied for beneficiaries. It finds that the absolute gains of the scheme are concentrated among better-off households as measured by income or years of schooling. However, the relative gains of the supporting scheme are clearly concentrated in the worse-off part of the population.
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