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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884114
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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
Baez, Javier E.; Kronick, Dorothy; Mason, Andrew D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734762
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An Empirical Study of the Relationships between CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness
Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almas; Cho, Yongsung - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted U-shaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693845
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Poverty, Inequality, and the Local Natural Resource Curse
Loayza, Norman; Mier y Teran, Alfredo; Rigolini, Jamele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The extent to which local communities benefit from commodity booms has been subject to wide but inconclusive investigations. This paper draws from a new district-level database to investigate the local impact on socioeconomic outcomes of mining activity in Peru, which grew almost twentyfold in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627843
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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities
Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Peter, Klara … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city and regional-specific characteristics from other sources. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763711
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Electricity Prices, River Temperatures and Cooling Water Scarcity
McDermott, Grant R.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757339
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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael; Shapiro, Joseph S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Demand for air quality depends on health impacts and defensive investments that improve health, but little research assesses the empirical importance of defenses. We study an important cap-and-trade market, which dramatically reduced NOx emissions, a key ingredient in ozone formation. A rich...
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Economic Consequences of Mispredicting Utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
asymmetries in adaptation is proposed as an important driver. The theoretical analysis is consistent with econometric evidence on … commuting choice using data on subjective well-being. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884223
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Back to Baseline in Britain: Adaptation in the BHPS
Clark, Andrew E.; Georgellis, Yannis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We look for evidence of adaptation in well-being to major life events using eighteen waves of British panel data …. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of a child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete, whereas this is not the case … functioning. As such, the phenomenon of adaptation may be a general one, rather than being only found in German data or using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279372
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The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635588