WiE Brown Bag Seminar - November

Join us for our next session of the WiE Brown Bag Seminar, featuring Madeline Werthschulte, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Economics at the Institute of Environmental Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research lies at the intersection of environmental economics and behavioural economics. She is presenting joint work with Bettina Chlond, Timo Goeschl and Martin Kesternich.

Agents of Change? - Energy advisors and the success of energy efficiency assistance programs

Abstract: 

This study investigates the determinants of staff productivity in public programs by taking the example of an energy efficiency assistance program. Matching survey data collected from energy advisors that staff a nation-wide program in Germany with data from energy audits, we find significant heterogeneity between advisors in their performance to encourage energy efficiency investments. Advisors’ preferences, attitudes and own investment choices impact households' decisions. Advisor demographic information matter for household investment via peer effects. The…