RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS

De Fraja, G., Matheson, J., Mizen, P., Rockey, J., and Taneja S. Remote working and the new geography of local service spending, Accepted at Economica.

     Working paper link: https://cepr.org/publications/dp17431.

Mandys, F. and Taneja, S. (2024). Demand for green and fossil fuel automobiles, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 190, 104284.

     Publication link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104284.

Mandys, F. and Taneja, S. (2024). The road to net zero: Why do UK consumers hesitate to buy electric cars?, University of Cambridge, 5 November.

     Column link: The road to net zero.

Taneja, S., Rockey, J., Matheson, J., Mizen, P. and De Fraja, G. (2022). Remote working and the new geography of local service spending, VoxEU.org, 17 November.

     Column link: Remote working and the new geography of local service spending.

Taneja, S. and Mandys, F. (2022). Drivers of UK energy expenditure: Promoting efficiency and curbing emissions, Energy Policy, 167, 113042.

     Publication link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113042

Taneja, S. and Mandys, F. (2022). The effect of disaggregated information and communication technologies on industrial energy demand, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 164, 112518.

     Publication link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112518.

Taneja, S., Mizen, P. and Bloom, N. (2022). Comparing online to in-person meetings, VoxEU.org, 4 January.

     Column link: Comparing online to in-person meetings.

Bloom, N., Mizen, P. and Taneja, S. (2021). Returning to the office will be hard, VoxEU.org, 15 June.

Column link: Returning to the office will be hard.

Mizen, P., Bloom, N. and Taneja, S. (2021). What is the future of commuting to work?, Economics Observatory, 12 May.

Column link: Future of commuting to work.

Taneja, S., Mizen, P. and Bloom, N. (2021). Working from home is revolutionising the UK labour market, VoxEU.org, 15 March.

Column link: Working from home is revolutionising the UK labour market.

Crawley, J., Ogunrin. S., Taneja, S., Vorushlyo, I., and Wang. X. (2020). Domestic air conditioning in 2050, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) IVUGER Report.

Publication link: Domestic air conditioning in 2050.

Taneja, S. (2019). Working hours and trends in job satisfaction using a panel of British workers, In: Holmanova. J. (Eds). Proceedings of the 52nd International Academic Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 23-26 September 2019, Prague, Czech Republic: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 574-604.

Publication link: Working hours and trends in job satisfaction.

Taneja, S. (2019). Gender gap in job utility of British workers, In: Rotschedl, J. and Holman, M. (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th International Academic Conference, London, United Kingdom, 21-24 May 2019, Prague, Czech Republic: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 230-265.

Publication link: Gender gap in job utility of British workers.

Taneja, S. (2015). Empirical analysis of the fertility outcomes of women in Britain using count data models, Review of Business Research, 15(4), 73-98.

Publication link: Empirical analysis of fertility outcomes of women in Britain using count data models.

Award: Received the Best Research Publication in Journal Award

WORKING PAPERS

Remote Work and Compensation Inequality, with Gianni De Fraja, Jesse Matheson, Paul Mizen, James Rockey, Gregory Thwaites

(SSRN link: Remote Work and Inequality)

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in changing attitudes towards remote working and therefore, this paper investigates the employees' willingness versus the employers' planning for their staff to work from home after the pandemic. Using a new online survey collected monthly from January 2021 to January 2022, we examine the effect of demographic factors and commuting patterns on the preferences of the employees to working remotely and employers planning for their staff to work from home. Our results confirm that better educated and those with higher salaries can and want to work from home, while male workers are less likely to prefer remote working compared to females. Differences between workers due to demographic characteristics cause certain groups to be more prone to not working in the home office, consequently having an impact on inequality, resulting in policy implications for the labour market.

Digitalisation and Decarbonisation of Industries, with Filip Mandys

(SPE link: Rybczynski Prize winning essay)

This paper examines the impact of digital technologies on electricity use for 16 countries and 14 industries, covering the period from 1995 to 2020. We found that digitalisation boosts decarbonisation of industries. Moreover, industries in Germany and UK have the largest net energy-saving effects from digital technologies, whereas France is the only European country showing an increase in electricity use.

Heterogeneity in the Adoption of Residential Solar Energy Technologies, with Filip Mandys

This paper quantifies the impact of a wide range of factors that influence the uptake of solar panels and solar water heating panels in the UK. Using logistic regression techniques on a large dataset, we find that rural areas, number of rooms, household size, and environmental factors stimulate the adoption of solar panels. Furthermore, factors influencing the diffusion of thermal panels is similar, but found to be stronger than solar panels. Improving energy efficiency of the households can help reach the national targets of net-zero emissions by 2050.

Historical Impacts of Digital Technologies on Energy Demand, with Mona Chitnis, Steven Sorrell

(Abstract link: Energy Demand)

This paper examines the net impacts of digital technologies on industrial energy demand in order to understand if ICTs are a net energy saver. Using a cross-country and cross industry panel dataset, we estimate the effect of ICT capital services on the energy cost share. Furthermore, we derive the elasticity of energy consumption with respect to ICT capital services as well as the own price elasticity of demand to measure the magnitude of the effect. The results suggest that digital technologies are associated with a modest reduction in energy demand, with the impact being much larger in the service sector. Moreover, ICTs appear to reduce electricity demand whereas it has a negligible impact on non-electric energy demand. These findings are relevant to the role of digitalisation in delivering net zero emissions.