Energy & Environment

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

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

The cost of air pollution in South Africa

Study indicates that 7.4% of all deaths in 2012 were due to chronic exposure to fine particulate matter, costing South Africa up to 6% of its GDP

Energy & Environment

Katye Altieri Samantha Keen

Published

21.09.17