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Population Growth and Carbon Emissions
Casey, Gregory P. - 2016
We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978164
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Willingness to Pay for Carbon Mitigation : Field Evidence from the Market for Carbon Offsets
Rodemeier, Matthias - 2023
What do markets for voluntary climate protection imply about people's valuations of en- vironmental protection? I study this question in a large-scale field experiment (N=255,000) with a delivery service, where customers are offered carbon offsets that compensate for emissions. To estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261033
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Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility Among Chinese Immigrants to the Us
Lin, Siyuan; Argys, Laura; Averett, Susan L. - 2023
We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate … to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010 2020), we compare the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346263
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Macroeconomic Impacts of Demographic Change in Scotland : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Lisenkova, Katerina - 2007
the existing fertility-mortality rates and the level of annual net-migration. We employ a combination of a demographic and … to attract migrants. We nevertheless report results when varying fertility and mortality assumptions. The impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777449
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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality : Evidence from the Nox Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Deschenes, Olivier - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063105
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Distributional Effects of Emission Pricing in a Carbon-Intensive Economy : The Case of Poland
Antosiewicz, Marek - 2020
In this paper, we assess the distributional impact of introducing a carbon tax in Poland. We apply a two-step simulation procedure. First, we evaluate the economy-wide effects with a dynamic general equilibrium model. Second, we use a microsimulation model based on household budget survey data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828007
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Education Quality, Green Technology, and the Economic Impact of Carbon Pricing
Macdonald, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry A. - 2022
Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. The effect of carbon pricing on economic outcomes as well as mitigating factors has been studied extensively since the early 1990s. One mitigating factor that has received less attention is education quality. If...
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Who Pays for Higher Carbon Prices? Illustration for Lithuania and a Research Agenda
Immervoll, Herwig; Linden, Jules; O'Donoghue, Cathal; … - 2023
This paper lays out an approach, and a research agenda, for assessing the impact of carbon pricing on household budgets, and of possible compensatory government transfers that can be financed through carbon-tax revenues. It relies on a rich set of available data and policy models and combines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254928
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UK Households' Carbon Footprint : A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services
Buchs, Milena - 2014
Does the association between household characteristics and household CO2 emissions differ for different areas such as home energy, transport, indirect and total emissions in the UK? Specific types of households might be more likely to have high emissions in some areas than in others and thus be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064537
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The Effects of a Universal Child Benefit
Gonzalez, Libertad - 2011
I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated … that the benefit did lead to a significant increase in fertility, as intended, part of it coming from an immediate … results suggest that child benefits of this kind may successfully increase fertility, as well as affecting family well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120131