Extreme weather events and pro-environmental behavior: evidence from a climate change vulnerable country

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Lopez Feldman, Alejandro

Experiencing an extreme weather event and its consequences might make the risks associated with climate change more tangible, easier to evaluate, and more salient. Consequently, those experiences might translate into the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours. Understanding this relationship is fundamental for the successful design of policies aimed toward promoting the adoption of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.

Peer Reviewed
Climate Change, Policy Design

Private Benefits from Ambient Air Pollution Reduction Policies – Evidence from the Household Heating Stove Replacement Program in Chile

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Uribe, Adolfo
Chavez, Carlos
Gomez Bofill, Walter
Jaime Torres, Mónica Marcela
Bluffstone, Randall

Abstract

EfD Discussion Paper
Air Quality, Energy

Replication: Do women shy away from competition? Experimental evidence from China

Submitted by Hang Yin on
EfD Authors:
Carlsson, Fredrik
Lampi, Elina
Martinsson, Peter
Yang, Xiaojun

We investigate gender differences in competitiveness using a lab-in-the-field experiment and a subject pool consisting of Chinese adults following the design by Niederle and Vesterlund (2007). China provides an interesting environment to study since the country has promoted gender equality for a long time and the gender gap in earnings is small in cross-country comparisons. However, in many respects, China is still a patriarchal society. Our results show that women perform equally well as men in a piece-rate task and significantly better in a competitive payment environment.

Peer Reviewed
Experiments, Gender

Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Steckel, Jan
Renner, Sebastian

The climate targets agreed upon in the Paris Agreement will eventually need to be backed by ambitious climate policies. Putting a price on carbon and abolishing subsidies on fossil fuels is usually widely agreed upon by economists to be the economically efficient solution (High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices 2017). An increasing amount of countries, including low- and middle-income economies (LMICs), have already introduced (or plan to do so) carbon pricing schemes.

Peer Reviewed
Air Quality, Carbon Pricing, Policy Design
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