Commonly described as the “gender care gap”, there is a persistent gender difference in the division of domestic responsibilities in most developed countries. We provide novel evidence on the short- and long-run effects of an exogenous shock on paternal availability, through a job loss, on the allocation of domestic work within couples. We find that paternal child care and housework significantly increase ...
Der Markt für nachhaltige Finanzprodukte wächst rasant. Damit einher gehen Forderungen nach mehr Transparenz, etwa durch umfassende nichtfinanzielle Berichtspflichten für Unternehmen der Real- und Finanzwirtschaft. Wie und ob diese Finanzprodukte tatsächlich zum angestrebten Wandel beitragen, ist bisher wenig erforscht. Sowohl der öffentliche als auch der private...
Ob selbstfahrende Autos oder Schufa-Score: Algorithmen sind nicht so geheimnisvoll und Scores bei Weitem nicht so exakt, wie fast alle glauben. Die Methode zu ihrer Überprüfung ist von der Idee her uralt, der Gesetzgeber muss systematische Tests nur durchsetzen.From self-driving cars to personal credit scores: algorithms are not as mysterious and scoring systems not nearly as precise as people generally ...
Understanding the Granger causality directions between electricity production (EP) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is helpful for policymakers in order to design, redesign, and implement effective energy policies. Although there are plenty of studies on this issue, no consistent conclusion about said relationship exists. In this paper, we provide an updated analysis for the case of Mexico in the context ...
Clear policy strategies are essential to guide corporate decision making and effective policy to achieve decarbonisation of European industry. This brief provides a much-needed overview of the current policy landscape in five EU Member States (Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain) by investigating how the path to climate-neutral industrial production is reflected in their key national plans. ...
Carbon Contracts for Differences (CCFD) are one of the elements of the policy package developed by the Climate Friendly Materials Platform (CFMP) in order to help decarbonise European’s industry while preserving its competitiveness. CCfDs are a powerful tool for helping European industry transformation during the first stages of the transition period towards a low emission economy, and the current ...
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht rügt das Entschädigungsgesetz für die Atomkonzerne und gibt damit einer Klage von Vattenfall Recht. DIW-Energieökonomin Claudia Kemfert kommentiert dies wie folgt:
