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Empirical Insights into the Health Impacts of Energy Poverty: The Case of Vietnam
| Author | NGUYEN Phung Thu Hang |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Asian Growth Research Institute |
| Date of Publication | 2025.3 |
| No. | 2024-07 |
| Download | 549KB |
Contents Introduction
This research investigates the impact of energy poverty on hospitalization rates using data from the 2016 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey. To mitigate potential endogeneity concerns, a two-stage least squares regression is applied, leveraging the expansion of information and communications technology infrastructure as an instrumental variable. The findings indicate that energy poverty significantly increases hospitalization admissions. Additionally, a series of robustness tests confirm the stability of these results. Further analysis reveals that the relationship between energy poverty and health outcomes in Vietnam is influenced by lifestyle risk behaviors and household living conditions.