Social cohesion and carbon emissions
"This paper demonstrates that population diversity and its adverse effect on social cohesion have a robust, causal, positive effect on the carbon emissions of sufficiently rich economies. An examination of geocoded data on emissions from fossil fuels reveals that such results holds at a subnati...
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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Munich
2017
MPRA |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19394876124911120589-Social-cohesion-and-carbon-emi.htm |
Summary: | "This paper demonstrates that population diversity and its adverse effect on social cohesion have a robust, causal, positive effect on the carbon emissions of sufficiently rich economies. An examination of geocoded data on emissions from fossil fuels reveals that such results holds at a subnational level as well. The documented effect of diversity operates through its impact on mistrust and on heterogeneity in preferences, which suggests a social dimension that must be contemplated when setting a strategy to curb human’s carbon footprint." |
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Physical Description: | 39 p. Digital |