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Thematic Session: Electricity Pricing, Consumer Behavior, and Distributional Impacts (Streaming) Location: B008 Session Chair: Jesse Buchsbaum, Resources for the Future | |
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Decomposing Racial Gaps in Energy Expenditures Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America We examine the Black-White gap in residential energy expenditures using American Community Survey data for 2005–2022. Conditional on household characteristics, Black households pay approximately $240 more annually than White households, with gaps reaching $450 for low-income homeowners. Using Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methods, we find roughly half of this gap is explained by observable differences, primarily location and weather. The gap has declined substantially since 2005, with low-income households experiencing $150–$245 reductions. Approximately half of this decline is attributable to falling natural gas prices driven by the shale gas revolution. National weatherization programs are too small to explain the | |