Energy affordability and subjective well-being in China: Causal inference, heterogeneity, and the mediating role of disaster risk

Voluntary Insurance for Ensuring Speedy Growth-trend of E-banking Transactions in Thai-economy: Seeking Attention Aimed for Designing Effective Policies

“…Mod Econ Manag 2024; 3: 7 https://doi.org/10.53964/mem.2024007 beyond carbon pricing; lack of theoretical foundations for such analysis; and lack of reliable data required to calibrate models to quantify the distributional effects. However, this literature has appeared recently and is being developed [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] , since the importance of such assessments has increased dramatically after the adoption of a variety of regulations in different countries to attain ambitions decarbonization goals. Such assessments are important to maintain the level of ambition and avoid a rollback on policies and an erosion of credibility of the implementers.…”

“…Generally, literature suggests that climate actions broadly align with the SDGs, and multiple studies show that the adverse impacts of climate policies on inequality can be fully offset or substantially mitigated by careful planning and stakeholder engagement, as long as the effects potentially affecting inequality are taken into account at all stages of policy design and implementation [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . However, it is a common practice whenever ministries or departments of labor, social security, and health are not involved in the development of climate policies or evaluation of their implications.…”

“…A study for China shows that declining energy affordability reduces households' happiness [6] . In other words, effective and neutral or progressive policies are the key to mobilizing support and public acceptance.…”