Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2013

    The young prisoner’s dilemma: Juvenile recidivism in Germany

    This chapter reviews the literature of juvenile recidivism and provides an in depth analysis of recent evidence from Germany. While the empirical literature shows that transferring juveniles to criminal courts…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Classification and valuation of urban green spaces - A hedonic house price valuation

    In this paper we propose a categorization of green space into eight different types and quantify their impact on housing prices in the city of Aalborg using the hedonic house price method. The categorization was…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Higher and higher? Performance pay and wage inequality in Germany

    Performance pay is of growing importance to the wage structu re as it applies to a rising share of employees. At the same time wage dispersion is growing continuously. This leads to the question of how the…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Causal Effects on Employment after First Birth – A Dynamic Treatment Approach

    The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus…

  5. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2013

    2013 - Manufacturing Industry Edition

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • Most of the Companies Conduct Energy Efficiency Checks on a Regular Basis
    • Medium-Sized and Large Companies Are More Likely to Invest Energy Efficiency Measurements than Smaller…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-115 // 2013

    Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

    Significant policy effort is devoted to stimulate the development, adoption and diffusion of environmentally-friendly technology. Sceptics worry about the effects of regulation-induced environmental technology…