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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...

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The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...

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Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy

Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...

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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...

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Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces

Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....

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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010

Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...

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Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed … convergence of transition countries with developed market economies in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the … activity taking place in 2002, the middle of the period analyzed. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence …

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