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The Political Economy of Carbon Pricing: Modeling and Empirical Assessment of Carbon Pricing Policies

Warum schaffen es einige Länder, CO2-Preise zu erlassen und andere nicht? Die Bepreisung von CO2-Emissionen ist die effizienteste Politik zur Bekämpfung der externen Effekte des Klimawandels, doch die Fortschritte sind gering. Das weltweite CO2-Preisniveau ist heute nicht viel höher als 1994, dem Jahr, in dem sich 198 Länder im Rahmen des Rahmenübereinkommens der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen ...

The First ECB Bottom-up Climate Stress Test: Dealing with Data Gaps and Methodological Challenges

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Brothers in Arms: The Value of Coalitions in Sanctions Regimes

This paper examines the impact of coalitions on the economic costs of the 2012 Iran and 2014 Russia sanctions. By estimating and simulating a quantitative general equilibrium trade model under different coalition setups, we (1) dissect welfare losses for sanctions senders and target; (2) compare prospective coalition partners; (3) investigate ‘optimal’ coalitions that maximize payoff from sanctions; ...

Building Health across Generations: Unraveling the Impact of Early Childcare on Maternal Health

In contemporary households, women often shoulder most organisation and caregiving responsibilities leading them to play a crucial role in family dynamics. While previous research has established that public early childcare affects child outcomes and maternal employment, less attention has been given to its effects on maternal health despite its relevance within the household. This study investigates ...

Ariadne2 - Ariadne joint project: Evidence-based assessment for shaping the German energy transition - DIW Berlin sub-project: Scenario forum, electricity and energy market design, transport transition

The aim of the overall project is to initiate social learning processes relating to the energy transition. It aims to identify ways of overcoming obstacles and spell out options for coping with multiple crises. To this end, various key challenges will be examined. The following are of particular importance to the DIW subproject: a) the need for an unprecedented acceleration and scaling of the...

The Just Energy Transition Partnership in South Africa: Identification and Assessment of Key Factors Driving International Cooperation

This paper investigates the implications of implementing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in South Africa by exploring the factors that are at work when donors and recipients interact with each other. It analyses the JETP using global cooperation theories on climate change and identify mutual trust, based on shared norms; and process legitimacy via institutionalisation as the factors which ...

SOEP and British panel study “UK-HLS” agree on closer cooperation

The leadership of both SOEP and “Understanding Society” (The UK Household Longitudinal Study) announced that they will intensify their long-standing collaboration in the future. They intend to coordinate closely on current challenges that large panel studies face, thereby pooling their comprehensive expertise. In addition, the employees of both studies will benefit from mutual exchange on all topics ...

SOEP and British panel study “UK-HLS” agree on closer cooperation

The leadership of both SOEP and “Understanding Society” (The UK Household Longitudinal Study) announced that they will intensify their long-standing collaboration in the future. They intend to coordinate closely on current challenges that large panel studies face, thereby pooling their comprehensive expertise. In addition, the employees of both studies will benefit from mutual exchange on all topics ...

The Heterogeneous Effects of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment insurance; however, the opposite holds ...