Around 3 billion people in developing countries rely on woodfuels for their daily cooking needs with profound negative implications for their workload, health, and budget as well as the environment. Improved cookstove (ICS) technologies in many cases appear to be an obvious solution. Despite...

Arbeitslosigkeit und insbesondere Jugendarbeitslosigkeit stellt eine der größten wirtschaftsund sozialpolitischen Herausforderungen dar. Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik (AAMP) - wie Fortbildung, Lohnsubventionen und öffentliche Beschäftigungsförderung für Arbeitsuchende - gelten...

Using a panel of household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2005, this study assesses the effectiveness of fuel efficiency improvements by econometrically estimating the rebound effect, which measures the extent to which higher efficiency causes additional travel.Following...

Using a panel of household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2005, this study assesses the effectiveness of fuel efficiency improvements by econometrically estimating the rebound effect, describing the extent to which higher efficiency causes additional travel.Following a...

Biofuels contribute to the mitigation of climate change. Directive 2003/30/EC thus aims at increasing the share of biofuels in total EU fuel consumption by up to 5.75 % by 2010. The rationale behind this directive can be found in potentially positive environmental impacts, most notably the...

Entsprechend der Richtlinie 2003/30/EC soll der Anteil von Biokraftstoffen am Treibstoffverbrauch der EU bis 2010 auf 5,75 % erhöht werden. Diese Richtlinie wird mit Umwelteffekten begründet, vor allem der Vermeidung von Treibhausgasen, aber auch positiven Beschäftigungseffekten in der...

Using a panel of household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2005, this study assesses the effectiveness of fuel efficiency improvements by econometrically estimating the rebound effect, describing the extent to which higher efficiency causes additional travel.Following a...