Housing, Fuel Poverty and Health

The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a holistic approach, incorporating a large number of social and economic risk factors to present a large-scale, cross-country, longitudinal analysis. The book is unique in: * Developing a new (consensual) methodology for calculating cross-country fuel poverty levels; * Presenting a detailed econometric/statistical analysis of EU fuel poverty; * Detailing the results of an empirical investigation of EU housing conditions, affordability and housing satisfaction; * Identifying risk factors related to seasonal variations in mortality across the EU; * Offering an empirical examination of health outcomes associated with fuel poverty; * Providing startling new evidence on fuel poverty in Southern Europe. Housing, Fuel Poverty and Health provides a powerful reference source for researchers and practitioners in the areas of energy economics, public health and epidemiology, housing and social policy.

Dr Jonathan Healy is the Policy and Research Analyst at the Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland.

Contents: Introduction; Housing deprivation in the EU; Fuel poverty in the EU: developing a composite measurement; The severity of fuel poverty in Ireland; Housing deprivation and self-reported health in the EU; Fuel poverty and health in Ireland; Fuel-poor households and risk factors; Fuel poverty, thermal comfort and household occupancy in Ireland; Excess winter mortality in the EU: identifying key risk factors; Policy implications, strategies and recommendations; Summary and conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.