期刊
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 434-448出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.015
关键词
Pro-environmental behaviours; Education; Instrumental variables; Thailand
资金
- European Research Council [ERC-2008-AdG 230195-FutureSoc]
- Chulalongkorn University [RES560530150-CC]
We investigate whether there are green returns to education, where formal education encourages pro environmental behaviours using nationally representative surveys on environmental issues in Thailand. To establish the causal relationship between education and green behaviours, we exploit the instrumental variables strategy using the supply of state primary schooling i.e. the corresponding number of teachers per 1000 children, which varies over time and across regions as the instrument, while controlling for regional, cohort and income effects. We find that more years of schooling lead to a greater probability of taking knowledge-based environmentally-friendly actions a great deal, but not cost-saving pro-environmental actions. In addition, the paper finds no significant impact of formal education on concern about global warming nor the willingness to pay for environmental tax. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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