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Simulation zeigt: CO2-Bepreisung ab 2020 würde Heiz- und Kraftstoffverbrauch sowie CO2-Emissionen reduzieren, reicht allerdings nicht, um Klimaziele in den einzelnen Sektoren zu erreichen – Rückerstattung des Steueraufkommens an Haushalte („Klimabonus“) und durch Senkung des Strompreises verhindern, dass Haushalte zu stark belastet werden – Haushalte mit niedrigem ...
The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study is a rich resource for sociologists, mainly because it offers direct measures of respondents’ contexts. The SOEP data provide (i) information retrieved from individuals themselves, (ii) direct information retrieved from their parents, partners, and organizations, (iii) prospectively collected information on past characteristics, and (iv) regional and spatial ...
This paper evaluates the short-run impact of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the hourly wages and monthly earnings of workers targeted by the reform. We first provide detailed descriptive evidence of changes to the wage structure in particular at the bottom of the distribution and distinguish between trends for regularly employed and marginally employed workers. In the causal ...
The production of basic materials accounts for around 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Existing measures to reduce emissions from industry are limited due to a combination of competitiveness concerns and a lack of technological options available to producers. In this paper, we assess the possibility of implementing a materials charge to reduce demand for basic industrial products and, hence, ...
