We examine the academe–industry wage gap. Once self- selection and different personal characteristics of academic and industrial scientists have been taken into account the wage gap narrows from 28 to 13 %.…
Using a large-scale linked employer–employee dataset from western Germany, this paper presents new evidence on the wage premium of collective bargaining contracts. In contrast to previous studies, we seek to…
The United States faces the challenge of bringing its federal budget deficit under control, while also reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Current energy policy has not been very effective in reducing…
Economy-wide top-down (TD) equilibrium models have traditionally proved to be valuable tools for assessing energy and climate policies. New modeling challenges brought about by intermittent renewable energy…
With federal policies to curb carbon emissions stagnating in the U.S., California is taking action alone. Sub-national policies can lead to high rates of emissions leakage to other regions as state-level…
