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Abstract：
China is actively encouraging households to replace traditional solid fuels with clean energy. Based on the Chinese Families Panel Survey (CFPS) data, this paper uses propensity scores matching with the difference-in-differences model to examine the impact of clean energy in the household sector on residents\' health status, and whether such an energy transition promotes health equity by favoring relatively disadvantaged social groups. The results show that: (1) The use of cleaner cooking fuels can significantly improve residents\' health status; (2) The older adult and women have higher health returns from the clean energy transition, demonstrating that, from the perspective of age and gender, the energy transition contributes to the promotion of health equity; (3) The clean energy transition has a lower or insignificant health impact on residents who cannot easily obtain clean energy or replace non-clean energy at an affordable price. Most of these individuals live in low-income, energy-poor, or rural households. Thus, the energy transition exacerbates health inequalities. This paper suggests that to reduce the cost of using clean energy and help address key issues in health inequality, Chinese government efforts should focus on improving the affordability, accessibility, and reliability of clean energy.
摘要：
中国正在积极鼓励家庭用清洁能源取代传统固体燃料。基于中国家庭面板调查(CFPS)数据，本文使用倾向得分与差异模型匹配的差异来检验家庭部门清洁能源对居民健康状况的影响，以及这种能源转型是否通过有利于相对弱势的社会群体来促进健康公平。结果表明:(1)使用更清洁的烹饪燃料可以显著改善居民的健康状况;(2)老年人和妇女从清洁能源转型中获得更高的健康回报。证明了这一点,从年龄和性别的角度来看，能源转型有助于促进健康公平；（3）清洁能源转型对无法以可承受的价格轻松获得清洁能源或替代非清洁能源的居民的健康影响较低或微不足道。这些人大多数生活在低收入，能源贫乏，或农村家庭。因此，能源转型加剧了健康不平等。本文认为，为了降低清洁能源的使用成本，并帮助解决健康不平等的关键问题，中国政府的努力应该集中在提高承受能力上，可访问性,清洁能源的可靠性。
