This Data Documentation presents a dynamic investment and dispatch model for Europe named dynELMOD. The model endogenously determines investments into conventional and renewable power plants, different storage technologies including demand side management measures, and the electricity grid in five-year steps in Europe until 2050 under full or myopic foresight. The underlying electricity grid and cross-border ...
Eine zuverlässige Stromversorgung bildet das Rückgrat einer jeden modernen Volkswirtschaft und ist von außerordentlicher gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung. Die Elektrizitätswirtschaft bindet und verbraucht jedoch auch erhebliche Ressourcen in Form von Kapital, Arbeit und Energie und trägt wesentlich zur Emission von Treibhausgasen bei. Die Messung von Produktivitätsunterschieden sowie die Ermittlung von ...
Many OECD countries are currently undergoing reforms of their statutory pension schemes. In theory, a decrease of pension generosity can have a positive or negative effect on private savings - depending on the corresponding level of employment effects. Thus, it is an empirical question to determine the sign of the effect. A particular reform of the German Statutory Pension Scheme lifted the early...
While cash housing benefits are generally included in household disposable income, the effect of social housing is not accounted for. This may provide a misleading picture of the impact of overall housing policies on inequality and poverty, as countries use different policies to help households meet their housing expenses. In this article, we present the first comprehensive study of the impact of in-kind ...
