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Distributional Energy Justice and the Inclusive Human Development Agenda in Africa
No full textThis study advances the economic development scholarship through three key contributions. First, it examines the impact of distributional energy justice (hereafter referred to as energy justice) on inclusive human development (IHDI) in Africa. Second, we investigate how climate readiness moderates the effect of energy justice on IHDI. Third, we explore whether the joint effect of energy justice and climate readiness differs across low- and high-income African countries. We make these contributions using macro data for 36 African countries from 2010 to 2020. The results reveal that energy justice promotes IHDI. The contingency analysis also demonstrates that climate readiness amplifies the positive impact of energy justice on IHDI. Notably, across the economic, social, and governance perspectives of climate readiness, the results show that the moderating effect of governance readiness is striking. Evidence from sensitivity analysis also suggests that relative to their low-income counterparts, high-income countries realise a remarkable increase in IHDI with progress in energy justice and climate readiness. These findings underscore the urgent need for investments in energy justice and climate resilience to foster inclusive human development in Africa
Distributional Energy Justice and the Inclusive Human Development Agenda in Africa
No full textThis study advances the economic development and wellbeing scholarship through three key contributions. First, we show how distributional energy justice (hereafter: energy justice) affects inclusive human development (IHDI) in Africa. Second, we demonstrate how climate readiness moderates the effect of energy justice on IHDI. Third, we provide new evidence on how the joint effect of energy justice and climate readiness differs across low- and high-income African countries. We make these contributions using macro data for 36 African countries from 2010 to 2020. The results reveal that energy justice promotes IHDI. The contingency analysis also demonstrates that climate readiness amplifies the positive impact of energy justice on IHDI. Notably, across the economic, social, and governance perspectives of climate readiness, the results show that the moderating effect of governance readiness is striking. Evidence from sensitivity analysis also indicates that economic and governance readiness conditions energy justice to enhance IHDI in both high- and low-income African countries; however, these gains become elusive for the latter once social readiness is considered. These findings underscore the urgent need for investments in energy justice and climate readiness to foster IHDI in Africa
Teletrabajo en Suecia: impacto en bienestar, depresión y balance vida personal-trabajo
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Este trabajo analiza los efectos del teletrabajo sobre el bienestar subjetivo, la depresión y el equilibrio vida trabajo de los empleados suecos en 2021. Con microdatos representativos del EWCTS y una muestra de 1281 individuos, se estiman modelos OLS, logit y logit ordenado que relacionan la intensidad del teletrabajo (ninguno, parcial, completo) con los tres resultados, controlando por características individuales, del hogar, del empleo y por la tele trabajabilidad del puesto. Los resultados muestran que el teletrabajo no altera de forma significativa el bienestar medio, pero el teletrabajo completo mejora claramente el equilibrio vida trabajo y, a la vez, los jóvenes teletrabajadores presentan mayor probabilidad de síntomas depresivos que sus homólogos presenciales. En un contexto sueco de teletrabajo híbrido ya normalizado, el impacto agregado sobre el bienestar es neutro, pero el diseño concreto del teletrabajo resulta clave para evitar nuevos focos de vulnerabilidad psicológica.
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This paper studies the effects of telework on subjective well being, depression and work–life balance among Swedish employees in 2021. Using representative EWCTS microdata and a sample of 1,281 individuals, we estimate weighted OLS, logit and ordered logit models linking telework intensity (none, partial, fulltime) to these three outcomes, controlling for individual, household and job characteristics and for job tele workability. Results show that telework does not significantly affect average well being, while full time telework clearly improves work–life balance and, at the same time, young teleworkers are more likely to report depressive symptoms than comparable non teleworkers. In Sweden’s already normalized hybrid telework regime, the aggregate impact on well being appears neutral, but the specific design and conditions of telework are crucial to prevent new pockets of psychological vulnerability
Effectiveness of carbon tax on emission reduction in Sweden and Norway. A cross-country VAR analysis
No full textThis paper examines the comparative effectiveness of carbon taxation policies in Sweden and Norway using the Vector Autoregression (VAR) methodology, spanning the period from 1995 to 2023. Employing impulse responses in VAR analysis, this study confirms the effectiveness of the carbon tax in Sweden, with significant lagged effects, but finds weaker policy transmission mechanisms in Norway, identifying systematic relationships between policy changes and environmental outcomes. This study contributes to the literature on climate policy design by comparing empirical evidence on optimal carbon pricing mechanisms across these two economies. In addition, the study shows how carbon tax design and implementation contexts critically determine policy effectiveness in temporal response patterns of emissions to carbon tax policies
Analysis of the macroeconomic and financial stability impact of the transition to net zero emissions in Poland using DSGE modelling
No full textA ten-equation Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model is designed to capture household optimization, firm production decisions, environmental dynamics, and banking sector vulnerabilities during Net Zero Emission transition periods. It is calibrated to Polish macroeconomic data from 2000 to 2019 to evaluate various policy scenarios, including gradual versus rapid carbon tax implementation and different emission reduction targets. Results highlight critical trade-offs among environmental goals, economic stability, and financial system resilience. The analysis shows that Poland can reach its net-zero emissions target while maintaining macroeconomic stability through coordinated policy measures, with productivity gains generating positive spillovers across the economy. This study addresses significant gaps in environmental macroeconomic modelling for Central and Eastern European contexts, providing new insights for Poland's EU-mandated decarbonization policy while preserving economic and financial stability
Should partially cooperating firms care for consumers?
No full textThis paper considers a multi-stage game model with two partially cooperating firms whose objective functions include maximizing not only their own profits but also a portion of their rivals’ profits. In the first stage, each firm independently and simultaneously decides whether to incorporate consumer surplus into its objective function. In the second stage, any firm that chooses to do so selects its level of consumer orientation. In the third stage, after observing the rival’s choices in the first and second stages, each firm independently and simultaneously chooses its output level. The paper characterizes the equilibrium of this model
The Future of Contracts in the Energy Sector: A Legal Analysis of Smart Contracts within the Oil Industry
No full textThis paper investigates the legal challenges and potentialities arising from the implementation of smart contracts and blockchain technology in the oil industry. The research analyzes how these instruments may contribute to enhancing transparency, efficiency, and promptness in access to commercial data, as well as to simplifying regulatory compliance processes. Nevertheless, the study also examines the inherent limitations and risks of their adoption, including difficulties in contractual interpretation, the rigidity of pre-programmed rules, incompatibility with open-ended clauses, and the challenge of adapting to unforeseen circumstances
The impact of parental nonstandard work schedules on children’s sleep duration and screen time: sex heterogeneity in Japan
No full textUsing data from the 2010 birth cohort of the Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century, this paper examines how parental nonstandard work schedules (NSWS) and children's screen time are associated with children's weekday sleep duration, with particular attention to sex heterogeneity. The analysis reveals a modest but statistically significant reduction in daughters’ weekday sleep (approximately 4 minutes per night), whereas no corresponding association is detected for sons. Paternal NSWS is not significantly related to sleep duration for either sex, a pattern that is consistent with limited variation and measurement constraints in fathers’ work schedules in this dataset. Longer screen time (television viewing and video gaming) is strongly associated with shorter sleep for both boys and girls. Overall, the results suggest that the direct impact of parental NSWS on children’s sleep is limited in magnitude, but that attention to children’s screen use and family-friendly scheduling for mothers working nonstandard hours—especially in families with daughters—are likely to support healthier sleep habits
Home Production and Gender Gap in Structural Change
No full textWe document that the gender gap in non-agricultural employment in developing countries is concentrated among rural married workers. Within-family specialization is central: married women devote more time to home production, supply fewer market hours, and are less likely to pay fixed costs to enter non-agriculture. We build a general equilibrium Roy model with joint family decisions, sector-neutral gender labor wedges, and entry barriers to non-agriculture. Calibrated to China in 2010, the model successfully reproduces the observed gender gap among married workers. Gender labor wedges account for about 80 percent of this gap, amplified significantly by within-family specialization. Changes in entry barriers explain the widening gap from 2000 to 2010, consistent with institutional changes in China
Quasi-Experiment based on First Year as New CEO for Seabridge Gold, Mr. Rudi Fronk, 2000
No full textThis article describes a quasi-experiment where a new CEO enters a mining exploration shell company called Seabridge Resources Inc., later called Seabridge Gold Inc. In 1998, Seabridge had a 1,000 cash. In 1999, it had Mr. Rudi Fronk as Chairman, President, and CEO. Mr. Fronk is still CEO now, twenty-five years later, and the company has a $4 billion market capitalization. What were the principles of his leadership that helped drive the success of the company over the long term? It is possible to measure the impact of Rudi’s leadership on the company in several ways. As a simple example, we can calculate the statistics for the number of press releases before and after he became CEO. Or we can measure the performance over time as revealed by financial statements, as in Bell and Braun (2025). Instead, this article focuses on the narrative approach as revealed by the continuous disclosure record in his first year on the job. The results highlight key ingredients for success in terms of people, ideas, and things as described by Georges Doriot