http://hdl.handle.net/2072/2064 http://www.recercat.net/retrieve/4358 http://hdl.handle.net/2072/2064 Search the Channel s http://www.recercat.net/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2072/41973 title: Emissions distribution in post-Kyoto international negotiations: a policy authors: Nicola Cantore; Emilio Padilla Rosa <br>abstract: An abundant scientific literature about climate change economics points out that the future participation of developing countries in international environmental policies will depend on their amount of pay offs inside and outside specific agreements. These studies are aimed at analyzing coalitions stability typically through a game theoretical approach. Though these contributions represent a corner stone in the research field investigating future plausible international coalitions and the reasons behind the difficulties incurred over time to implement emissions stabilizing actions, they cannot disentangle satisfactorily the role that equality play in inducing poor regions to tackle global warming. If we focus on the Stern Review findings stressing that climate change will generate heavy damages and policy actions will be costly in a finite time horizon, we understand why there is a great incentive to free ride in order to exploit benefits from emissions reduction efforts of others. The reluctance of poor countries in joining international agreements is mainly supported by historical responsibility of rich regions in generating atmospheric carbon concentration, whereas rich countries claim that emissions stabilizing policies will be effective only when developing countries will join them.Scholars recently outline that a perceived fairness in the distribution of emissions would facilitate a wide spread participation in international agreements. In this paper we overview the literature about distributional aspects of emissions by focusing on those contributions investigating past trends of emissions distribution through empirical data and future trajectories through simulations obtained by integrated assessment models. We will explain methodologies used to elaborate data and the link between real data and those coming from simulations. Results from this strand of research will be interpreted in order to discuss future negotiations for post Kyoto agreements that will be the focus of the next. Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. A particular attention will be devoted to the role that technological change will play in affecting the distribution of emissions over time and to how spillovers and experience diffusion could influence equality issues and future outcomes of policy negotiations. <br> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:59:16 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2072/41972 title: Selection Bias and Unobservable Heterogeneity applied at the Wage Equation of European Married Women authors: Catia Nicodemo <br>abstract: This paper utilizes a panel data sample selection model to correct the selection in the analysis of longitudinal labor market data for married women in European countries. We estimate the female wage equation in a framework of unbalanced panel data models with sample selection. The wage equations of females have several potential sources of. <br> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:59:11 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2072/20340 title: La Desigualdad en las intensidades energéticas y la composición de la producción. Un análisis para los países de la OCDE authors: Duro Moreno, Juan Antonio; Alcántara, Vicent; Padilla, Emilio <br>abstract: Esta investigación analiza las desigualdades de las intensidades energéticas entre países de la OCDE, su evolución y sus causas. Estas intensidades constituyen uno de los principales factores determinantes de las emisiones per cápita y, por tanto, de las diferencias que se dan entre países y grupos de países. Se desarrolla una metodología que permite la descomposición de la desigualdad en los consumos de energía per cápita en factores explicativos, además de analizar la contribución de diferentes grupos de países. Destaca que, si bien las diferencias en afluencia económica son el factor más relevante en la explicación las desigualdades en el consumo energético per cápita, la desigualdad en intensidad energética juega un papel prominente en su reducción en el periodo analizado. A continuación, se desarrolla una metodología que permite determinar la importancia de las diferentes estructuras productivas y de las diferencias en eficiencia energética en el mayor o menor uso de energía por unidad de PIB en los diferentes países y grupos de países. Los resultados muestran que la especialización productiva gana peso en la explicación de las desigualdades en las intensidades energéticas, mientras que se da una importante tendencia a la igualación de la eficiencia energética entre países sector a sector. Esta tendencia explicaría, a su vez, el peso decreciente de la intensidad energética como factor explicativo de las desigualdades en consumos energéticos. <br> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:08 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2072/20339 title: Measuring intergenerational earnings mobility in Spain: a selection-bias-free approach authors: Cervini Pla, María <br>abstract: This paper analyses intergenerational earnings mobility in Spain correcting for different selection biases. We address the co-residence selection problem by combining information from two samples and using the two-sample two-stage least square estimator. We find a small decrease in elasticity when we move to younger cohorts. Furthermore, we find a higher correlation in the case of daughters than in the case of sons; however, when we consider the employment selection in the case of daughters, by adopting a Heckman-type correction method, the diference between sons and daughters disappears. By decomposing the sources of earnings elasticity across generations, we find that the correlation between child's and father's occupation is the most important component. Finally, quantile regressions estimates show that the influence of the father's earnings is greater when we move to the lower tail of the offspring's earnings distribution, especially in the case of daughters' earnings. <br> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:05 GMT