Energy poverty is becoming an increasingly important policy consideration in many countries. We empirically examine the relationship between energy poverty and housing tenure in Australia using HILDA survey data over the period 2005 to 2018. We employ objective, subjective and composite measures of energy poverty and control for other respondent and household covariates. Results from our study, which are robust to a suite of checks, suggest that being energy poor has a negative impact on homeownership and “rent to own” transition, and a positive impact on “own to rent” transition. We conclude by discussing the policy implications of our study.

能源贫困正在成为许多国家中越来越重要的政策考虑因素。我们使用2005年至2018年期间的HILDA调查数据，以实证方法研究了澳大利亚的能源贫困与住房使用权之间的关系。我们对其他受访者和家庭协变量采用了客观，主观和综合的能源贫困与控制措施。结果，从我们的研究，这是强大到了套房的检查，认为是精力差，对购房产生不利影响，“先租后买”的过渡，并产生积极的影响“自己租”过渡。最后，我们讨论了研究的政策含义。