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A life-cycle theory analysis of French household electricity demand
Belaïd, Fateh; Rault, Christophe; Massié, Camille - 2021
This paper develops a pseudo-panel approach to examine household electricity demand behavior through the household life … electricity consumption follows an inverted U-shaped distribution as a function of the age of the household's head. Most notably … outcome has important implications for policy-making. Any public policy aimed at reducing household energy consumption should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390802
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Which households respond to electricity peak pricing amid high levels of electrification?
Garnache, Cloé; Hernæs, Øystein; Imenes, Anders Gravir - 2022
effectiveness of demand-based policies, and their impact across household groups, in a more electrified future. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171863
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Electricity prices, river temperatures and cooling water scarcity
McDermott, Grant R.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 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/10009620936
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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
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Choosing to be trained : do behavioral traits matter?
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Gangadharan, Lata; Maitra, Pushkar; … - 2014
In this paper, we examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program in India. To do this we combine data from an artefactual field experiment with survey data collected from the targeted community. We find that applicants and non-applicants differ in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418870
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Household finances and well-being : an empirical analysis of comparison effects
Brown, Sarah; Gray, Daniel - 2014
This paper explores the importance of the household's financial position for an individual's level of well … household's monetary financial position on overall life satisfaction and financial well-being, with the latter being measured by … indicate that the household's level of net wealth, assets and debt are important determinants of overall life satisfaction and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413777
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Income taxation and household size : would French family splitting make German families better off?
Baclet, Alexandre (contributor); Dell, Fabien (contributor);  … - 2005
compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular … in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003227216