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Energy expenditure in Egypt: empirical evidence based on a quantile regression approach
Belaid, Fateh; Rault, Christophe - 2021
This paper investigates the key factors affecting household energy expenditure in Egypt. Based upon the latest 2015 … Regularization technique to untangle the spectrum of household energy expenditure. Unsurprisingly, income, age, household size … impact, while socio-economic attributes have a much larger one. The largest variations in household energy expenditures in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390874
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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405210
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Mobile internet adoption in West Africa
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Ochoa, Rogelio Granguillhome - 2021
digital divide across socioeconomic groups and territories. This paper exploits data from harmonized household expenditure … levels of household consumption and prices of services are two key constraints. One standard deviation increase in household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012440258
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Socioeconomic inequality in low-carbon technology adoption
Burlinson, Andrew; Davillas, Apostolos; Giulietti, Monica - 2023
The widespread consumer adoption of low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is a cornerstone of net zero targets worldwide, however LCTs may not be equally distributed across socioeconomic characteristics. Our paper contributes to the literature by exploring socioeconomic inequality in LCT adoption and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276749
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Understanding the technology of computer technology diffusion : explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure
Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008
We review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771543
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The diffusion of computers and the distribution of wages
Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001991267
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'Making Work Pay' : in a rationed labour market
Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2006
We assess the labour supply effects of two 'making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of …-benefit systems ; microsimulation ; household labour supply ; multinomial logit ; involuntary unemployment ; double-hurdle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373746
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Does size matter? : the impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
distribution ; demography ; household size ; decomposition ; Germany …In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940512
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Demografie und Ungleichheit : der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland
Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Pestel, Nico (contributor);  … - 2009
; household structure ; SOEP ; Germany …In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly … increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859316
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195489