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Keep Your Clunker in the Suburb: Low Emission Zones and Adoption of Green Vehicles
Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
literature. Here we study Europe's most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: Low Emission Zones are areas in which … Germany, we assess the distribution of air pollution and the spatial substitution effects in green versus dirty vehicles. We … find that LEZs decrease air pollution by around nine percent in urban traffic centers while pollution is unchanged in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775119
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The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat-health … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734415
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Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up
Rozema, Kyle; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper investigates a previously unexplored behavioral response to taxation: whether smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food stamp take-up of non-enrolled, eligible smoking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210820
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Cross-Border Health and Productivity Effects of Alcohol Policies
Johansson, Per; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies the cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol taxes. We estimate the effect of a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652533
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Does Money Burn Fat? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
percentage is typically regarded as a threshold to improve the health status of the obese. Further evidence indeed indicates some … health improvements. The higher reward causes only the group of obese women to lose more weight. Overall, the results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578207
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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests
Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Every year between 2000 and 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica. (FAO, 2010). This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the presence of vegetation key to maintaining...
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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 … the effectiveness of renewable energy development, technological innovation, and market regulations in carbon emission … show that the effects of a negative climate change could be mitigated by governance-related parameters instead of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884245
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762372
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Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating
Barreca, Alan I.; Clay, Karen; Tarr, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747358
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing … energy, has emerged as an increasingly attractive source of fuel, which could address some of the environmental and health … challenges faced by these countries without undermining their economies. In this paper, we examine the impact of air pollution on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128037