Methane is the second-largest contributor to global warming due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing anthropogenic methane emissions quickly can significantly reduce global warming within just a few decades. The oil and gas sector is responsible for almost 20% of anthropogenic methane emissions. Yet, there are hardly any policies in place that address oil and gas sector methane emissions. ...
In this paper, we use unique health record data that cover outpatient care and the associated costs to quantify the health care costs of a sizable increase in the retirement age in Germany. For the identification, we exploit a sizable cohort-specific pension reform which abolished an early retirement program for all women born after 1951. Our results show that health care costs significantly increase ...
Changing political conditions in Mexico threatens the future of clean energy inthe country. A competitive electricity market and ambitious environmental goalswere among the priorities of the previous administration, but the current administrationaims to increase revenues from the national power company and acquirecontrol of the electricity market at the expense of consumer welfare and the environment.In ...
Die stark gestiegenen Energiepreise bringen auch viele Unternehmen in die Bredouille. Die Bundesregierung will die schlimmsten Auswüchse mit milliardenschweren Hilfsprogrammen abfedern. Doch das sind bislang nur teure Trostpflaster, schreibt Prof. Claudia Kemfert im Gastbeitrag. Um Einsparpotentiale zu heben, sollte der Bund die Auszahlung an Auflagen koppeln, fordert die Energieökonomin. ...
The objective of this paper is to better understand the evolution and institutional roots of Hong Kong's growing economic inequality and political cleavages. By combining multiple sources of data (household surveys, fiscal data, wealth rankings, national accounts) and methodological innovations, two main findings are obtained. First, he evidence suggests a very large rise in income and wealth inequality ...
Das DIW Berlin berechnet jährlich auf Basis von Daten des Immobiliendienstleisters ista den temperaturbereinigten Heizenergiebedarf, die Heizenergiepreise und die Heizausgaben in privaten Zwei- und Mehrparteienhäusern in Deutschland. Grundlage der Berechnungen sind gebäudespezifische Heizkostenabrechnungen von etwa 250 000 Gebäuden (1,8 Millionen Wohnungen), klimabezogene Gewichtungsfaktoren des Deutschen ...
