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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.042 |
Red tape is not so hot: Asset tests impact participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program | |
Graff, Michelle; Pirog, Maureen | |
2019-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 129页码:749-764 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Many social welfare programs, including the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) consider both income and assets to determine assistance eligibility. LIHEAP is historically an underfunded block grant program that helps low-income households pay their utility bills. LIHEAP's eligibility requirements, including the presence of an asset test, are at the discretion of the state. Asset tests are included in welfare programs to limit abuse of the benefit; however, the literature suggests that building assets is important to overall well-being. Using a generalized difference-in-difference model, we evaluate the effect of eliminating an asset test on LIHEAP's participation rates and administration costs. We find that the inclusion of an asset test reduces program participation in a regressive manner, hurting the lowest-income households the most, and increases average administrative costs of program operations. On average, we estimate that the elimination of asset tests would allow each state that retained an asset test to heat an additional 9097 households in 2014. Therefore, LIHEAP's asset tests may divert resources that could be used to assist low-income households. In the absence of expanding LIHEAP funding, we recommend eliminating asset tests and lowering the income-eligibility thresholds so that existing funds can be targeted to the lowest-income households. |
英文关键词 | Energy assistance Energy policy Asset tests Social welfare programs |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000468012900068 |
WOS关键词 | HEALTH ; DEMAND ; POOR ; HEAT ; EAT |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/183687 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Indiana Univ, Sch Publ & Environm Affairs, 1315 East Tenth St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Graff, Michelle,Pirog, Maureen. Red tape is not so hot: Asset tests impact participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,129:749-764. |
APA | Graff, Michelle,&Pirog, Maureen.(2019).Red tape is not so hot: Asset tests impact participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.ENERGY POLICY,129,749-764. |
MLA | Graff, Michelle,et al."Red tape is not so hot: Asset tests impact participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program".ENERGY POLICY 129(2019):749-764. |
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