Category: Economics & Public Policy
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Task content explains most within-occupation inequality growth
This research indicates that changes in the task content of occupations explain most of the growth in inequality within occupations from 1980 to 2000.
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Anticipated regret and discounting shape household adoption of low-carbon technologies
This research indicates that anticipated regret increases households’ willingness to adopt low-carbon technologies, while present-biased discounting lowers it.
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Eco-coherent fiscal and energy policies were linked to lower pollution costs
This research indicates that greater synchronization among environmental tax revenues, environmental protection spending, and renewable energy consumption is associated with lower pollution costs in six Mediterranean economies.
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Trade and migration frictions have opposite effects on unemployment
This research indicates that international trade and reductions in intersectoral allocation frictions have opposite effects on unemployment, and that shifts in market shares toward more productive firms are an important part of trade’s effect.
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Rising markups drove income inequality in France
This research indicates that changes in taxation, markups, and asset prices explain observed trends in income and wealth inequality in France since 1984.
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No robust link found between environmental taxes and eco-investments
This research indicates that environmental taxes did not show a robust direct relationship with sectoral eco-investments in the sample studied.
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Post Keynesian inflation model was not robust for U.S. data
This research indicates that the comprehensive Post Keynesian inflation model was not robust for U.S. quarterly data from 2002 to 2024, including the period after COVID-19 began.
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Digital economy linked to better rural economy-environment coordination in China
This research indicates that China’s digital economy is associated with stronger coordinated development of the rural economy and ecological environment, with effects that depend on rural education and other conditions.
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Environmental decentralization hindered energy eco-efficiency in China
This research indicates that environmental decentralization from China’s carbon emissions trading pilot policy was an obstacle to energy eco-efficiency, with adverse effects mainly through technological upgrading and industrial restructuring.
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Monetary policy effects on inflation strengthened as the Phillips curve flattened
This research indicates that the effects of U.S. monetary policy on inflation have strengthened, the Phillips curve has flattened over much of the pre-pandemic period, and inflation expectations became less responsive at longer horizons.
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