Policy Note 55: Electricity prices for industrial and commercial customers in a European comparison
Stronger joint action by European member states needed to increase efficiency in the generation and distribution of energy.
Month: May 2024
Research Paper 28: Self-serving redistributive preferences among natives and immigrants in the UK
In an online experiment, we investigate how bias and equity concerns influence the redistributive preferences of UK natives and immigrants. Natives and immigrants were paired with each other in a series of distributive situations. They decided how a pie created from the previous contributions of both parties should be divided and indicated what they thought … Continued
Extending working hours as an instrument
This study examines the extent to which an extension of normal working hours by 2.5 hours per week or to a maximum of 41 hours per week can contribute to a strengthening of labor supply and economic output.
Philipp Koch, Viktor Stojkoski, Eva Coll & César A. Hidalgo (2024): Estimating digital product trade through corporate revenue data. Nature Communications 15, Article number: 5262
Expansion of childcare in Upper Austria
On behalf of Neos Lab, EcoAustria analyzed the expansion of childcare in Upper Austria in terms of costs and benefits for the province and its regional economic performance. Specifically, three different scenarios were simulated.