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Government investment in infrastructure significantly reduces energy poverty, whereas renewable energy adoption has mixed distributional effects on income inequality, and urbanization exacerbates the energy poverty gap. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to analyze the interplay between energy poverty and income inequality, emphasizing sustainable energy access.

March 19, 2026International Journal of Energy Studies

The Green Divide: How sustainable solutions can close the energy poverty gap

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İHİbrahim Horozİzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi MYMeltem Ince Yenilmezİzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi

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Research examines energy poverty and income inequality, suggesting sustainable energy access can promote equity.

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This research aims to analyze the interplay between energy poverty and income inequality, emphasizing sustainable energy access.
Utilized regression models including PCSE and FGLS to analyze data.
Examined the impact of government investment on energy poverty.
Assessed effects of renewable energy adoption on inequality indices.
Government investment in infrastructure significantly reduces energy poverty with FGLS coefficients of -0.014 for Gini and -0.063 for Palma.
Renewable energy adoption shows mixed results, with a significant negative effect on Palma (-1.155) but positive in other models.
Urbanization exacerbates energy poverty, indicated by a PCSE-Palma coefficient of 0.420.

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Horoz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bb928c496e729e6297fdef https://doi.org/10.58559/ijes.1838687

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