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Niall Farrell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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What Factors Drive Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence? Decomposing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence in Ireland
Ecological Economics, 2017Co-Authors: Niall FarrellAbstract:Abstract Carbon taxes increase the cost of necessary household energy expenditures. In many developed countries, carbon taxes are regressive as they comprise a greater proportion of a poorer household's income. Certain Socioeconomic groups are more negatively affected by these impacts than others. While inequality of incidence by income group has received great attention in the literature, a gap exists to quantify the inequality associated with Socioeconomic characteristics. This information is policy-relevant as it may inform the most effective means to offset negative welfare impacts through changes to taxes and/or social transfers. This paper provides this contribution. First, the inequality of carbon tax incidence across the income spectrum is quantified using the concentration index methodology. A subsequent multivariate decomposition quantifies the contribution each Socioeconomic Factor makes towards this inequality of incidence. This is carried out for electricity, motor fuel and all other home fuels to elicit variation of Socioeconomic incidence by source. While income contributes a great deal towards inequality of incidence for other home fuels, other Socioeconomic characteristics are the primary determinants of electricity and motor fuel-related carbon tax incidence. The relative importance of each characteristic in determining regressive impacts is quantified and this varies by carbon tax source.
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What Factors drive Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence? Decomposing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence in Ireland
2015Co-Authors: Niall FarrellAbstract:Carbon taxes increase the cost of necessary household energy expenditures. In many developed countries, carbon taxes are regressive as they comprise a greater proportion of a poorer household’s income. Certain Socioeconomic groups are more negatively affected by these impacts than others. While inequality of incidence by income group has received great attention in the literature, a gap exists to quantify the inequality associated with Socioeconomic characteristics. This information is policy-relevant as it may inform the most effective means to offset negative welfare impacts through changes to taxes and/or social transfers. This paper provides this contribution. First, the inequality of carbon tax incidence across the income spectrum is quantified using the concentration index methodology. A subsequent multivariate decomposition quantifies the contribution each Socioeconomic Factor makes towards this inequality of incidence. This is carried out for electricity, motor fuel and all other home fuels to elicit variation of Socioeconomic incidence by source. While income contributes a great deal towards inequality of incidence for other home fuels, Socioeconomic characteristics are the primary determinants of electricity and motor fuel-related carbon tax incidence. The relative importance of each characteristic in determining regressive impacts is quantified and this varies by carbon tax source.
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What Factors Drive Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence? Decomposing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Carbon Tax Incidence in Ireland. ESRI WP519. November 2015
2015Co-Authors: Niall FarrellAbstract:Carbon taxes increase the cost of necessary household energy expenditures. In many developed countries, carbon taxes are regressive as they comprise a greater proportion of a poorer household’s income. Certain Socioeconomic groups are more negatively affected by these impacts than others. While inequality of incidence by income group has received great attention in the literature, a gap exists to quantify the inequality associated with Socioeconomic characteristics. This information is policy-relevant as it may inform the most effective means to offset negative welfare impacts through changes to taxes and/or social transfers. This paper provides this contribution. First, the inequality of carbon tax incidence across the income spectrum is quantified using the concentration index methodology. A subsequent multivariate decomposition quantifies the contribution each Socioeconomic Factor makes towards this inequality of incidence. This is carried out for electricity, motor fuel and all other home fuels to elicit variation of Socioeconomic incidence by source. While income contributes a great deal towards inequality of incidence for other home fuels, Socioeconomic characteristics are the primary determinants of electricity and motor fuel-related carbon tax incidence. The relative importance of each characteristic in determining regressive impacts is quantified and this varies by carbon tax source.
G. Engin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Climate-induced changes on the hydrology of mediterranean basins: a research concept to reduce uncertainty and quantify risk
Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2010Co-Authors: R. Ludwig, A. Soddu, R. Duttmann, N. Baghdadi, Sihem Benabdallah, R. Deidda, M. Marrocu, G. Strunz, F. Wendland, G. EnginAbstract:The presented project initiative CLIMB (Climate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins Reducing Uncertainty and Quantifying Risk) has recently signed a Grant Agreement in EC's 7th Framework Program (FP7-ENV.2009.1.1.5.2). In its 4-year design, starting from January 2010, the collaborative project for specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international partner countries shall analyze ongoing and future climate-induced changes in hydrological budgets and extremes across the Mediterranean and neighboring regions. This is undertaken in study sites located in Sardinia, Northern Italy, Southern France, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinian-administered area Gaza. The work plan is targeted to selected river or aquifer catchments, where the consortium will employ a combination of novel field monitoring and remote sensing concepts, data assimilation, integrated hydrologic modeling and Socioeconomic Factor analyses to reduce existing uncertainties in climate change impact analysis. Advanced climate scenario analysis will be employed and available ensembles of regional climate model simulations will be downscaled. This process will provide the drivers for an ensemble of hydro(-geo)logical models with different degrees of complexity in terms of process description and level of integration. The results of hydrological modeling and socio-economic Factor analysis will enable the development of a GIS-based Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Tool. This tool will serve as a platform for the dissemination of project results, including communication with and planning for local and regional stakeholders. An important output of the research in the individual study sites will be the development of a set of recommendations for an improved monitoring and modeling strategy for climate change impact assessment. CLIMB is forming a cluster of independent projects with WASSERMed from the Environment and CLICO from Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities Call of FP7 in 2009 (see Fig. 2). The intention of this clustering is to foster scientific synergy and cooperation between the partner projects to achieve improvements in policy outreach on different spatial scales.
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Climate induced changes on the hydrology of Mediterranean basins A research concept to reduce uncertainty and quantify risk
2009Co-Authors: R. Ludwig, A. Soddu, R. Duttmann, N. Baghdadi, Sihem Benabdallah, R. Deidda, M. Marrocu, G. Strunz, F. Wendland, G. EnginAbstract:The strategy of CLIMB is aiming to employ and integrate advan¬ced field monitoring techniques, remote sensing ana-lyses and retrievals, climate models auditing and integra¬ted hydrologic modeling and Socioeconomic Factor assess¬ment in a new conceptual framework to significantly reduce exist-ing uncertainties in climate change impact analysis. It will create an integrated risk assessment tool for adaptive water resources management and best agricultural practice under climate change conditions. The risk and vulnerability analysis tool will also enable the assess¬ment of risks for conflict-inducing actions. The impro¬ved models, new assessment tools, and their results will be evaluated against current methodologies. Improvements will be communicated to stakeholders and decision makers in a transparent, easy-to-understand form, enabling them to utilize the new findings in regional water resource and agricultural management initiatives as well as in the design of mechanisms to reduce potential for conflict CLIMB is embedded in a cluster of independent EU- projects with WASSERMed and CLICO, focused on climate induced changes in water resources as a threat to security.
Elizabeth Breeze - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Socioeconomic differences in physical disability at older age
Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2009Co-Authors: Edlira Gjonca, Faiza Tabassum, Elizabeth BreezeAbstract:Background: This study aims to investigate the association between Socioeconomic position (SEP) and physical disability at older age, using a framework that incorporates education, social class and wealth. Wave One data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing are used. Methods: Self-reported difficulties with activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and motor skills were combined and categorised into “no disability”, “mild disability” and “severe disability”. The indicators of SEP used were wealth, education and social class. Multinomial regression was used to assess the associations between SEP and physical functioning reflecting the temporal relationship between education, social class and wealth. Results: Men and women who had the highest levels of wealth, education and social class also had the lowest disability rates. The association was stronger in younger age groups and in men. The association of education with disability, which was found to be significant in the unadjusted models, was attenuated when adjusted for other Factors such as occupation or wealth. This supports a temporal model of education feeding into occupation and then wealth. The association of SEP with disability was stronger for men and for men and women in the younger age group. Conclusions: Socioeconomic circumstances affect the prevalence and scale of physical disability even at older ages. In particular, wealth appears more important as a Socioeconomic Factor for physical disability than social class or education. Socioeconomic gradients in physical disability are greater for men than for women and for those in the younger age groups.
Pamela E Daviskean - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the influence of parent education and family income on child achievement the indirect role of parental expectations and the home environment
Journal of Family Psychology, 2005Co-Authors: Pamela E DaviskeanAbstract:This study examined the process of how Socioeconomic status, specifically parents’ education and income, indirectly relates to children’s academic achievement through parents’ beliefs and behaviors. Data from a national, cross-sectional study of children were used for this study. The subjects were 868 8‐12-year-olds, divided approximately equally across gender (436 females, 433 males). This sample was 49% non-Hispanic European American and 47% African American. Using structural equation modeling techniques, the author found that the Socioeconomic Factors were related indirectly to children’s academic achievement through parents’ beliefs and behaviors but that the process of these relations was different by racial group. Parents’ years of schooling also was found to be an important Socioeconomic Factor to take into consideration in both policy and research when looking at school-age children.
R. Ludwig - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Climate-induced changes on the hydrology of mediterranean basins: a research concept to reduce uncertainty and quantify risk
Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2010Co-Authors: R. Ludwig, A. Soddu, R. Duttmann, N. Baghdadi, Sihem Benabdallah, R. Deidda, M. Marrocu, G. Strunz, F. Wendland, G. EnginAbstract:The presented project initiative CLIMB (Climate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins Reducing Uncertainty and Quantifying Risk) has recently signed a Grant Agreement in EC's 7th Framework Program (FP7-ENV.2009.1.1.5.2). In its 4-year design, starting from January 2010, the collaborative project for specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international partner countries shall analyze ongoing and future climate-induced changes in hydrological budgets and extremes across the Mediterranean and neighboring regions. This is undertaken in study sites located in Sardinia, Northern Italy, Southern France, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinian-administered area Gaza. The work plan is targeted to selected river or aquifer catchments, where the consortium will employ a combination of novel field monitoring and remote sensing concepts, data assimilation, integrated hydrologic modeling and Socioeconomic Factor analyses to reduce existing uncertainties in climate change impact analysis. Advanced climate scenario analysis will be employed and available ensembles of regional climate model simulations will be downscaled. This process will provide the drivers for an ensemble of hydro(-geo)logical models with different degrees of complexity in terms of process description and level of integration. The results of hydrological modeling and socio-economic Factor analysis will enable the development of a GIS-based Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Tool. This tool will serve as a platform for the dissemination of project results, including communication with and planning for local and regional stakeholders. An important output of the research in the individual study sites will be the development of a set of recommendations for an improved monitoring and modeling strategy for climate change impact assessment. CLIMB is forming a cluster of independent projects with WASSERMed from the Environment and CLICO from Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities Call of FP7 in 2009 (see Fig. 2). The intention of this clustering is to foster scientific synergy and cooperation between the partner projects to achieve improvements in policy outreach on different spatial scales.
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Climate induced changes on the hydrology of Mediterranean basins A research concept to reduce uncertainty and quantify risk
2009Co-Authors: R. Ludwig, A. Soddu, R. Duttmann, N. Baghdadi, Sihem Benabdallah, R. Deidda, M. Marrocu, G. Strunz, F. Wendland, G. EnginAbstract:The strategy of CLIMB is aiming to employ and integrate advan¬ced field monitoring techniques, remote sensing ana-lyses and retrievals, climate models auditing and integra¬ted hydrologic modeling and Socioeconomic Factor assess¬ment in a new conceptual framework to significantly reduce exist-ing uncertainties in climate change impact analysis. It will create an integrated risk assessment tool for adaptive water resources management and best agricultural practice under climate change conditions. The risk and vulnerability analysis tool will also enable the assess¬ment of risks for conflict-inducing actions. The impro¬ved models, new assessment tools, and their results will be evaluated against current methodologies. Improvements will be communicated to stakeholders and decision makers in a transparent, easy-to-understand form, enabling them to utilize the new findings in regional water resource and agricultural management initiatives as well as in the design of mechanisms to reduce potential for conflict CLIMB is embedded in a cluster of independent EU- projects with WASSERMed and CLICO, focused on climate induced changes in water resources as a threat to security.
