Calendrier du 15 mars 2017
Development Economics Seminar
Du 15/03/2017 de 16:30 à 18:00
Salle R2-01, campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 paris
RYAN Nicolas (Yale University)
Is There An Energy-Eciency Gap? Experimental Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Plants
Abstract
Climate policy pushes energy-eciency investments as a means to reduce energy consump-
tion, and thus greenhouse gas emissions, in developing countries. I report the results of
a large eld experiment among energy-intensive Indian manufacturing plants that oered
information and skilled labor to encourage energy-eciency investments and practices.
Treatment plants invest small amounts in recommended energy-eciency measures; in-
crease physical eciency for some systems; increase capacity utilization across the board;
hire more skilled labor; and invest more in other capital improvements. This suite of
changes looks like modernization|a shift towards higher-skill, more capital-intensive plant
production. The net eect of modernization on both energy consumption and productivity
are roughly zero, within the precision of my estimates. Plants that become more ecient
run more, which osets any savings in energy. Similarly, treatment plants are estimated
to increase sales by a large (though statistically insignicant) twelve percent, an amount
oset by the higher cost of their new input mix.
Economic History Seminar
Du 15/03/2017 de 12:30 à 14:00
Salle R1-14 (Nouveau bâtiment), Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
CAGE Julia (Sciences Po)
Payroll and inequality within the newsroom: evidence from France, 1936-2016