Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303244 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/24/031
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The present research extends the extant literature by investigating the hypothesis on whether marriage can be a substitute for financial inclusion in energy poverty reduction in Ghana. Pooled data and two stage least squares techniques are used in the estimation process and the validity of the tested hypothesis (i.e., that marriage is a substitute for financial inclusion in energy poverty mitigation) is based on two main criteria: (i) a positive interactive effect relative to the negative unconditional effect of marriage; (ii) a marriage net effect lower in magnitude compared to the unconditional effect of marriage and (iii) an insignificant interactive effect when both unconditional effects are negative. The investigated hypothesis is not valid in the full sample, urban sub-sample and female sub-sample while it is valid in the rural and male sub-samples. Policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
Energy poverty
financial inclusion
consumption poverty
education
household income
JEL: 
D03
D12
D14
I32
Q41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.