How social imbalance and governance quality shape policy directives for energy transition in the OECD countries?

Energy Economics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120, P. 106642 - 106642

Published: March 21, 2023

In line with the COP26 Summit objectives, this paper develops a policy framework to achieve energy transition by considering social imbalances and regulatory effectiveness. A new index is proposed. It an output-side indicator based on ladder hypothesis. This enables apprehend scenario in any country capturing (a) cleaner source, (b) more efficient sources. Using two-step System GMM approach data for 37 OECD countries over 2000–2019 period, dynamic extreme marginal impacts of drivers respect estimates model parameters are analyzed. The results show that imbalance dampens positive drivers, whereas governance quality helps augmenting those impacts. outcomes, drawn from scenario-based design approach, particularly helpful advancing potential discourse. They have important practical implications development SDG-oriented framework, special focus attainment SDG 7 13.

Language: Английский

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The three eras of global inequality, 1820–2020 with the focus on the past thirty years

World Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 106516 - 106516

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Defining the boundaries of international business policy research

Journal of International Business Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 1 - 11

Published: Jan. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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Trade-related food policies in a more volatile climate and trade environment

Food Policy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 109, P. 102253 - 102253

Published: March 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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The Three Eras of Global Inequality, 1820–2020, with the Focus on the Past Thirty Years

Published: Nov. 9, 2022

The paper reestimates global inequality between 1820 and 1980, reappraises the results up to 2013, presents new estimates for 2018. It shows that historically, has followed three eras: first, from until 1950, characterized by rising country income differences increasing within-country inequalities; second, 1950 last decade of 20th century, with very high between-country inequality; current one decreasing thanks rise Asian incomes, especially so Chinese. present era seen emergence “median” class, reduced population-weighted gaps nations, greatest reshuffling in positions West China since Industrial Revolution. Whether will continue on its downward trend depends now much more changes India large African countries than China. (Stone Center Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper)

Language: Английский

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On Paying Workers to Stop Working: Public Attitudes toward “Wage Buyouts”

Perspectives on Politics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 20

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

In an effort to manage carbon emissions, nitrogen runoffs, and other externalities, governments are increasingly resorting a drastic policy measure: paying workers stop working. Though such initiatives may be, strictly speaking, welfare enhancing, they politicized, often meet with protests. What explains public attitudes “wage buyouts”? This article compares the explanatory power of two ideal-type theories in deriving set testable expectations. The first views work primarily as means earning living; second envisions it source personal identity social recognition. We test these opposing accounts using three survey experiments fielded on combined sample over 7,500 U.S. respondents. Overall, sizeable portion resistant being freed from work. Strikingly, individuals more willing reduce their hours by half than cease entirely, even when offered full compensation. Those whose occupations threatened structural factors like offshoring or automation show lower identification jobs, accordingly accept government compensation for giving up those jobs. Program design matters: respondents significantly likely former employer government. While partisanship drives towards handouts, is not associated (non)work. On hand, Protestants consistently greater resistance non-work, this results lottery windfall. These findings hold significant implications climate technology-driven labor displacement years come.

Language: Английский

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Intertwined: From Insects to Icebergs

American Entomologist, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 71(1), P. 50 - 51

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Governing Chinese technologies: TikTok, foreign interference, and technological sovereignty

Internet Policy Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

In this article, we analyse attempts to regulate and control TikTok through the lens of foreign interference technological sovereignty in Australia, United Kingdom, States, European Union.

Language: Английский

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The Future of the Factory

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 26, 2023

Abstract For centuries, industrialization and factory-based production have been core ingredients in economic growth, development, innovation. This symbiotic relationship between prosperity is now changing. 'Megatrends' - trends within the domains of technology, economy, society, ecology that a global impact are changing ability manufacturing sector to serve as engine traditional ideas technological progress, growth development opportunities both South North. Four megatrends particularly worthy note: rise services, digital automation technologies, globalization production, ecological breakdown. In this book, Jostein Hauge provides novel analysis how these industrialization, charts new pathways for industrial policy governance. He also offers wide-ranging account role globalization, shaping world economy. The Future Factory shows remains cornerstone prosperity, but power asymmetries economy create uneven achieving industrialization.

Language: Английский

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Civilisation on Pause – Introduction to special issue ‘China's Global Capital and the Coronavirus: Views from Comparative Law and Regulation’

Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(1), P. 1 - 17

Published: Jan. 23, 2023

Abstract Pandemics have a history of interrupting civilisations. From the Greeks and Romans to British Empire, pandemics eroded political authority caused economic instability. The twenty-first century has been hailed as ‘Asian century’, with China's ascent central reconfiguration global capital power. COVID-19 pandemic, that began in 2019 still rages this writing, started China was exacerbated by initial repression local government authorities before could implement appropriate disaster response. Since then, one most devastating globalisation. Its mortality coupled regulatory responses which at times debilitating national economies, no less is true for own response anomalous across world. This Special Issue explores impact pandemic had on Chinese overseas direct investment concomitant forms (symbolic, social, political). It features collaborative research writing early career experts from throughout world, part ‘China, Law Development’ project, based University Oxford. examines how China, its trade partners, transnational orders responded through law regulation an array fields: dispute resolution, legal services, immigration policy, digital surveillance, health governance, democratic fragility.

Language: Английский

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