Energy & Environment

The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours

The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'

Francisco Costa Francois Gerard

Published

02.08.18

Productivity and energy-saving technology

Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker

Energy & Environment

Anant Nyshadham

Published

01.06.18

Family dynamics and water conservation: Evidence from Zambia

Individuals put less effort into conserving water or energy at home when they share the resulting financial savings with other household members

Energy & Environment

Kelsey Jack Seema Jayachandran

Published

20.04.18

The global energy challenge

What are 3 key energy challenges the world faces? How can they be overcome?

Energy & Environment

Michael Greenstone

Published

27.03.18

Productivity and energy-saving technology

Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker

Energy & Environment

Anant Nyshadham

Published

09.03.18

The effect of pollution on worker productivity: Evidence from call-centre workers in China

High levels of pollution reduce the productivity even of indoor workers; cutting pollution can improve the health of both the economy and of society

Energy & Environment

Tom Chang Tal Gross Joshua Graff Zivin Matthew Neidell

Published

05.10.17

Forest conservation in Uganda: Using financial incentives to avert climate change

Payments for ecosystem services programmes for landowners reduce deforestation, presenting a cost-effective approach to cutting CO2 emissions

Energy & Environment

Seema Jayachandran

Published

28.09.17

Determining the social and economic benefits of basic energy access in rural India

A programme providing rural Indian communities with basic access to electricity did not have broader social or economic impacts in these communities

Energy & Environment

Michaël Aklin Patrick Bayer S.P. Harish Johannes Urpelainen

Published

19.07.17

How much people will pay for clean air: Evidence from China

China’s market for air purifiers reveals people will pay as much as $15 to remove one microgram per cubic metre of pollution from the air they breathe

Energy & Environment

Koichiro Ito

Published

18.07.16