Environmental Engel curves (EECs) plot the relationship between households' incomes and the pollution embodied in the … are indirectly responsible for more pollution. Second, EECs are convex, with income elasticities of less than one. Third … pollution. We show that even without changes to production techniques, the pollution necessary to produce the goods and services …

individual-pre-tax and household-post-tax earnings and across administrative (Social Security Administration) and survey (Panel … Study of Income Dynamics) data. We estimate two alternative processes for household after-tax earnings and study their …

The goal of this chapter is to study how, and by how much, household income, wealth, and preference heterogeneity …, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we document the patterns of household income, consumption and wealth …. Motivated by this evidence, we study several variants of a standard heterogeneous household model with aggregate shocks and an …

This paper examines the relationship between household balance sheets, consumer purchases, and expectations. We find … an explicit role for unemployment and for household debt. We find that the model is capable of explaining several …

This paper assesses the impacts across US household income groups of carbon taxes of various designs. We consider both …

We compare the spatial distribution of emissions from Southern California's pollution-trading program with that of a …