A5056617217- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Housing Market and Economics
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Politics, Economics, and Education Policy
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
Joint Research Center
2020-2024
European Commission
2014-2023
Joint Research Centre
2022
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
2015-2018
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
2014-2017
Technische Universität Berlin
2015-2017
Linus (Norway)
2016
The nexus of COVID-19 and climate change has so far brought attention to short-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, public health responses, clean recovery stimulus packages. We take a more holistic approach, making five broad comparisons between the crises with associated lessons for mitigation policy. First, delay is costly. Second, policy design must overcome biases human judgment. Third, inequality can be exacerbated without timely action. Fourth, global problems require...
While citizen opinion polls reveal that Europeans are concerned about the labour market consequences of technological progress, our understanding actual significance this association is still imperfect. In article, authors assess relationship between robot adoption and employment in Europe. Combining industry-level data on by skill type with using different sets fixed-effects techniques, study finds use associated an increase aggregate employment. Contrary to some previous studies, do not...
Livestock is known to contribute significantly climate change and negatively impact global nitrogen cycles biodiversity. However, there has been little research on economically efficient policies for regulating meat production consumption. In the absence of first-best policy instruments livestock sector, second-best consumption taxes can address multiple environmental externalities simultaneously as well improve diet-related public health. this article, we review empirical evidence social...
This paper analyses data on industrial robots in European manufacturing sectors. In particular, we focus the applications and characteristics of robots, their distribution over countries sectors main factors that are correlated with robot adoption such as wage levels prices. We argue that, contrary to popular belief, types widely used today do not imply a discontinuity terms automation labour replacement possibilities. Instead, current robotic technology is better understood most recent...
Abstract Consumption taxes on meat have recently been under consideration in several European countries as part of their effort to achieve more sustainable food systems. Yet a major concern is that these might burden low-income households disproportionately. Here we compare different tax designs and revenue recycling schemes terms distributional impacts large sample countries. We find across all selected designs, uncompensated are slightly regressive. However, the effect inequality mild can...
The social cost of carbon is a central metric for optimal prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the carbon, but mostly omits heterogeneity below national level. We present an taxation model accounts between and within countries. find climate distributional policy can generally not be separated. If only one country does compensate low-income households disproportionate damages, tends to increase globally. Optimal prices remain roughly unchanged if...
This paper explores the impact of robot adoption on European regional labour markets between 1995 and 2015. Specifically, we look at effect usage industrial robots jobs employment structures across regions. Our estimates suggest that tends to be mostly small negative during period 1995–2005 positive 2005–2015 for majority model specifications. Regarding effects structures, find some evidence a mildly polarising in first period, but this finding depends extent In sum, shows last couple...
The Paris Agreement's very ambitious mitigation goals, notably to 'pursue efforts' limit warming 1.5°C, imply that climate policy will remain a national affair for some time. One key obstacle is makers perceive this be in competition with major goals of fiscal policy, such as public investment or debt reduction. However, may actually contribute these other objectives. Importantly, many implications substantial carbon prices, which are essential stringent targets the 1.5°C goal, have long...
Livestock is known to play a significant role in climate change and negatively impact global nitrogen cycles biodiversity. However, economically efficient policies for regulating meat production consumption are under-researched. In the absence of first-best policy instruments livestock sector, second-best taxes on can address multiple environmental externalities simultaneously, while improving diet-related public health. Here, we review empirical basis 'social costs meat' study rationales...
In 2018, 1.6 million tonnes of waste oil were collected in the European Union. About 61% was regenerated – i.e. it turned into base again and 39% followed energy recovery pathways either form conversion to fuel or via direct incineration. Although life-cycle literature largely agrees that regeneration outperforms EU terms greenhouse gas emissions societal costs, policies boost their socio-economic impacts remain underexplored. We fill this gap by discussing for managing flows systematically...
We examine the drivers of labor productivity at aggregate and sectoral levels focusing on tangible intangible ICT capital, FDI global value chain participation. The analysis, based a panel dataset 18 EU countries, US Japan over period 2000–2017, reveals an important role especially capital embodied in software databases, driving growth. Furthermore, backward participation is also positively associated with productivity. Contrary to expectations, we do not find evidence productivity-enhancing...
We study the impacts of investment in public capital on equity and efficiency. Taking into account stylized facts wealth accumulation, we model agent heterogeneity through differences saving behavior, income source time preference. find that long run, is Pareto-improving it reduces inequality wealth, welfare, at same time, if financed by a tax. Consumption tax financing also but distribution-neutral. Only for labor financing, trade-off between efficiency occurs. Additionally, agents differ...
The nexus of COVID-19 and climate change has so far brought attention to short-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, public health responses clean recovery stimulus packages. We take a more holistic approach, making five broad comparisons between the crises with associated lessons for mitigation policy. First, delay is costly. Second, policy design must overcome biases human judgment. Third, inequality can be exacerbated without timely action. Fourth, global problems require...
Improving management of waste lubricant oil, notably via recovery, is crucial for avoiding detrimental environmental impacts and reducing the extraction primary oil resources. In 2017, approximately 4.3 million tonnes lubricating oils placed on market in EU-28, 2 Mt (47%) are potentially collectible. Of 1.6 collected oils, about 61% were estimated to be regenerated 39% followed energy recovery pathways, such as conversion fuel or incineration industrial boilers hazardous plants. This study...
Abstract In developed economies, wealth inequality is high, while public capital underprovided. Here, we study the impact of heterogeneity in saving behavior and income sources on distributional effects investment. A tax levied to finance productive an economy with two types households: high households who save dynastically middle for retirement. We find that reduced higher rate low rates are Pareto‐improving. There no clear‐cut trade‐off between efficiency equality: households’ consumption...