Solar Adoption by Mandates

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This paper is explained in a four-part series under Writing:

  1. The Strange Economics of Rooftop Solar
  2. How We Combined Engineering and Economics
  3. The Solar Gap
  4. Did California’s Solar Mandate Increase Solar Adoption?
The Role of Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Fertility Decisions
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) seek to reduce abortion incidence by providing counseling to pregnant women. Using a 30-year county-level panel from North and South Carolina, I estimate that CPC presence reduces abortion rates by 18 percent, with the largest effects among teenagers and young women.
Béla Figge
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The Role of Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Fertility Decisions
Solar Adoption by Mandates
Solar mandates are spreading rapidly. We leverage California’s frontrunner experience to examine their economics. First, we …
Béla Figge, Stefano Carattini, Wade Davis, Anton Heimerdinger
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Municipal Building Codes and the Adoption of Solar Photovoltaics
Municipal solar policies slow the adoption of solar photovoltaics.
Béla Figge, Stefano Carattini, Alexander Gordan, Andreas Löschel
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Impact Evaluation of the Lucy Calkins Units of Study Program
The Lucy Calkins Programs in reading and writing have, at most, very small average effects on student achievement in ELA relative to the “business as usual” approach of using other reading and writing programs.
Béla Figge, Daniel Kreisman, Jesus Villero
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Effect of Passing a CTE Technical Assessment on College Enrollment
Does passing a CTE technical assessment affect students’ probability of attending college?
Béla Figge, Daniel Kreisman, Jesus Villero
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School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs and K-12 Academic Achievement
School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs and K-12 Academic Achievement.
Béla Figge, Tim R. Sass.
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