Johannes Brehm

🌍📈 Paper “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out today in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint with Jasper Meya, Lutz Sager & Ulrike Kornek.

See short summary and PM by PIK linked below, and the paper here
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The authors investigate Sweden’s carbon tax and VAT reform, finding it significantly increased low-carbon patents in the transport sector.

The results indicate that carbon pricing – not general fuel price changes – primarily drives the innovation response.

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"Driving innovation? Carbon tax effects in the Swedish transport sector"

By Nils aus dem Moore, @johannesbrehm.bsky.social, & Henri Gruhl

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#econsky #publiceconomics

Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Associate - Climate Politics (gn) full-time (40 hours/week)

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Interested in the opportunity to focus on your own climate politics research project for 1 year in a stimulating and supportive environment at a leading university in Berlin?

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Psychological reactance to system-level policies before and after their implementation | PNAS Governments need to develop and implement effective policies to address pressing societal problems of our time, such as climate change and global p...

Psychological reactance to system-level policies (e.g., climate policy) is greater during the planning phase than after their implementation. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Rather than removing LEZs, cities should consider increasing their stringency to fully realize the benefits of cleaner air.

Great collaboration with Nico, Sandra Schaffner, and Laura Schmitz!

@rwi.bsky.social | @hertiesustain.bsky.social | @jeem-econ.bsky.social

... and risks negatively impacting public health, mental well-being, and educational outcomes.

www.rwi-essen.de/en/rwi/team/...

Warum werden manche Umweltzonen wieder abgeschafft? Immer mehr Städte schaffen ihre Umweltzonen ab. Aber warum? Konnte die Umweltplakette am Auto seit ihrer Einführung genug zu einer besseren Luft beitragen?

Given these findings, the increased stringency of the EU's revised Air Quality Directive, and considering that air pollution in German cities still exceeds WHO recommendations, the recent abolishment of LEZs appears premature...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/umweltzonen-...

These findings underscore the broader benefits of environmental policies, highlighting how cleaner air contributes not only to better health but also to educational attainment.

From Low Emission Zone to academic track: Environmental policy effects on educational achievement in elementary school Do long-term improvements in air quality influence children’s educational outcomes? This paper investigates the impact of Low Emission Zones (LEZs), w…

New PhD chapter published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (open access)!

We find that long-term improvements in air quality due to the introduction of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) positively influence children's academic performance.

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Anticipatory climate policy mix pathways: a framework for ex-ante construction and assessment applied to the road transport sector Globally, climate policy implementation is failing to deliver on the ambitions outlined in the Paris Agreement and countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions. We argue that a more strategic and...

Application of anticipatory design principles while constructing climate policy mixes, combined with reflexive assessment and recalibration can help mitigate risks of political backlashs.
By @chflachsland.bsky.social, @johannesbrehm.bsky.social and others.
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Thrilled to see “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint review with U.Kornek, J.Meya & L.Sager

Environmental loss & economic inequality are two key challenges of our time, but how do both relate & interact?

Infografik zum DIW-Wochenbericht 47/2024: Bessere Luft in Umweltzonen wirkt sich positiv auf das menschliche Gehirn aus.

Umweltzonen verbessern nicht nur die Luftqualität, sondern wirken sich auch positiv auf die mentale Gesundheit und den Bildungserfolg der Anwohner*innen aus. Dieser Zusammenhang wurde erstmals in einer von DIW-Forscherin Laura Schmitz mitverfassten Studie belegt: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... (1/4)

Verringert sich die Luftverschmutzung, verbessert sich die mentale Gesundheit & der Schulerfolg der Anwohner/innen, zeigen Studienergebnisse der RWI-Wissenschaftler @johannesbrehm.bsky.social, Henri Gruhl, Robin Kottmann & von @diw.de-Wissenschaftlerin Laura Schmitz. Mehr dazu 👇

DIW Berlin: Umweltzonen in Deutschland: Emissionsbegrenzungen verbessern Bildung und psychische Gesundheit Diese Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen von Umweltzonen auf Schulleistungen und psychische Gesundheit in Deutschland. Auf Basis administrativer Schul- und Gesundheitsdaten belegt die Untersuchung, da...

🔎 Zur Studie im DIW Wochenbericht 47/2024: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
📰 Zur Pressemitteilung: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Gut ausgestaltet können Klimapolitikmaßnahmen im Verkehrsbereich
1) Emissionen reduzieren,
2) lokale Luftverschmutzung verringern und dadurch
3) die physische und psychische Gesundheit der Anwohner*innen verbessern.

Dabei zeigt sich: Nach Einführung der Umweltzonen schafften mehr Grundschulkinder den Sprung aufs Gymnasium. Ebenso nahm das Risiko einer psychischen Erkrankung ab, insbesondere bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen.

Umweltzonen verbessern nicht nur die Luftqualität, sondern wirken sich auch positiv auf die mentale Gesundheit und den Bildungserfolg der Anwohner*innen aus.

In einer neuen Studie untersuchen wir, wie sich die Einführung von Umweltzonen (seit 2008) auf die psychische Gesundheit und Übergangsquote von Grundschulkindern aufs Gymnasium auswirkte.

🚦Verkehrswende: Umweltzonen können Ungleichheit bei psychischer Gesundheit und Bildung reduzieren

Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany - Nature Communications Climate movements aim to raise public awareness of climate change through protests, but their efficacy is debated. Here, the authors show that concerns about climate change increased in Germany after ...

Important new empirical paper by @johannesbrehm.bsky.social: Climate strikes and civil disobedience have led to an increase in concerns about climate change in Germany. #ClimateSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our findings suggest that salient protests can play a vital role in raising public attention to the consequences of climate change.

Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany - Nature Communications Climate movements aim to raise public awareness of climate change through protests, but their efficacy is debated. Here, the authors show that concerns about climate change increased in Germany after ...

First paper out of my PhD published in Nature Communications!

Henri Gruhl and I find that different types of climate protests (climate strikes & acts of civil disobedience) have been effective in increasing concerns about climate change in Germany.

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