Competition and Gender in the Lab vs. Field: Experiments with Off-Grid Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs in Rural Rwanda
Applications of lab experiments to real-world phenomena are limited. We fill the gap by examining how gender attitudes and performance under competitive situations in the lab reflect microenterprise outcomes in the renewable energy sector of Rwanda – a country with progressive gender policies despite its traditional patriarchal setup. We use the standard Niederle and Vesterlund (2007) experimental design in addition to a unique dataset from off-grid microenterprises, managed by entrepreneurs who have been working in mixed and single-sex teams since 2016.
Charging for Plastic Bags as an Effective Nudging Policy
Policymakers have little experience regarding designing the right levels of pricing for plastic bags. Prices for bags are generally set low and are largely a symbolic reminder to consumers of the environmental concerns attributed to plastic bag use. The ineffectiveness of charging for bags in the long term, in countries such as South Africa, makes it imperative that we map the demand curve. Getting the price “right” depends on the size of the externality. Charging for plastic bags is therefore an effective nudging policy.
Ground-level ozone under traffic disruptions: gasoline and diesel vehicles-free days
Most concerns of pollution centralize the debate on PM, and forget that other pollutants such as ozone may also have impacts on public health. In the literature, little is known about how ozone
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Acceptance from the public is important to introduce taxes to mitigate climate change
How can carbon pricing be implemented in various countries to mitigate climate change? - Acceptance from the public is a core issue, to avoid protests like yellow vests in the streets, says Prof…
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EfD Impact Stories 2019
EfD aims to support a new generation of engaged researchers based in the Global South. In this magazine you will find stories of the work carried out at our EfD centers across the world. First: In…
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