Air pollution results in high economic costs arising from its negative impacts on human health, especially in urban areas. Driving restriction policies such as low emission zones (LEZs) are designed to improve air quality. Indeed, empirical analyses in this Weekly Report confirm that LEZs reduce...

We study the effectiveness, spillovers, and well-being effects of low emission zones in Germany, an emission-intensity-based driving restriction rapidly growing in popularity. Using regression discontinuity and group-time difference-in-differences designs, we show that previous estimates of the...

This paper evaluates the effect of ozone pollution on individuals' subjective health satisfaction and well-being, allowing us to capture both direct and indirect effects of ozone pollution on adults. Specifically, we focus on differences between households with and without children. We combine...

This paper uses a panel of German individuals and highly granular pollution data to test if air pollution affects adults' well-being indirectly through the health of their children. Results show that ozone decreases the well-being of individuals with children while not affecting persons without...

Im April 1999 wurde die ökologische Steuerreform eingeführt. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses 20-jährigen Jubiläums nimmt dieser Wochenbericht eine Bestandsaufnahme der umweltpolitischen Effekte der Reform vor. Aufgrund der geringen Steuersätze war die Lenkungswirkung der Ökosteuer zur...

Wir analysieren ein CO2-Bepreisungsszenario für den Wärme- und Verkehrssektor. Dabei wird im Jahr 2020 ein CO2-Preis mit einem einheitlichen Steuersatz von 35 Euro je t CO2 eingeführt, der bis zum Jahr 2030 linear auf 180 Euro je t CO2 steigt. Dazu wird die Energiesteuer auf die Kraft- und...

In dieser Studie analysieren wir ein CO2-Bepreisungsszenario für den Wärme- und Verkehrssektor in Deutschland. Dabei wird im Jahr 2020 ein CO2-Preis mit einem einheitlichen Steuersatz von 35 Euro je t CO2 eingeführt, der bis zum Jahr 2030 linear auf 180 Euro je t CO2 steigt. Dazu wird die...

I assert that air pollution from nitrogen oxides affects the productivity of employees in Mexican court hearings. This is the first article analyzing this connection and the first to disentangle work-breaks from the productivity of white-collar workers. I merge hourly pollution with granular...

I posit that hourly changes in air pollution affect criminality through two distinct pathways, via physiological effects on the criminal and by changes in the tightness of the market for criminal activities. To disentangle individual from market effects, I develop a behavioral model of the...

There is substantial evidence on the effectiveness of short-time work on reducing unemployment. However, no study looks at its role during natural disasters. This article exploits the exogenous nature of the 2013 European floods to assess if the impact depends on the quality of the short-time...