Arbeitspapier

Drivers of renewable technology adoption in the household sector

Using representative household survey panel data from Germany, we undertake a simultaneous assessment of the importance of factors that have individually been found significant for the adoption of renewable energy systems but have never been tested jointly. These are sociodemographic and housing characteristics, environmental concern, personality traits, and economic factors, i.e. the expected costs of and revenue from the investment. Our results suggest that household decisions to invest in photovoltaic systems and solar thermal facilities are mainly driven by the economic factors. Taking account of sociodemographic and housing characteristics, environmental concern or personality traits has comparatively little relevance, while the quantitative nexus between the decision to invest and returns on the investment is robust to their inclusion.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 977

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
Thema
renewable technology adoption
investment decision
solar energy
household sector

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Jacksohn, Anke
Grösche, Peter
Rehdanz, Katrin
Schröder, Carsten
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Jacksohn, Anke
  • Grösche, Peter
  • Rehdanz, Katrin
  • Schröder, Carsten
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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