Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies?
As billions of people in the developing world seek to increase their living standards, their aspirations pose a challenge to global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The emerging middle class is buying and operating energy intensive durables...
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okr-10986-377312022-07-21T05:10:47Z Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? Kahn, Matthew E. Lall, Somik SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CARBON FOOTPRINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY MIDDLE-CLASS CONSUMPTION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTALISM As billions of people in the developing world seek to increase their living standards, their aspirations pose a challenge to global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The emerging middle class is buying and operating energy intensive durables ranging from vehicles to air conditioners to computers. Owners of these durables represent an interest group with a stake in opposing carbon pricing. The political economy of encouraging middle class support for carbon pricing hinges on offsetting its perceived negative income effects. Rising environmentalism in the developing world could also increase support for credible greenhouse gas reduction policy. This paper quantifies these effects by estimating Engel curves of durables ownership, comparing the grid’s carbon intensity by nation, and studying the demographic correlates of support for prioritizing environmental protection. 2022-07-20T20:48:57Z 2022-07-20T20:48:57Z 2022-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099428307202220569/IDU0faed1ab60a39b04fe00922a06a770acb282a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37731 English Policy Research Working Paper;10125 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CARBON FOOTPRINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY MIDDLE-CLASS CONSUMPTION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTALISM |
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CARBON FOOTPRINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY MIDDLE-CLASS CONSUMPTION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTALISM Kahn, Matthew E. Lall, Somik Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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As billions of people in the
developing world seek to increase their living standards,
their aspirations pose a challenge to global efforts to cut
greenhouse gas emissions. The emerging middle class is
buying and operating energy intensive durables ranging from
vehicles to air conditioners to computers. Owners of these
durables represent an interest group with a stake in
opposing carbon pricing. The political economy of
encouraging middle class support for carbon pricing hinges
on offsetting its perceived negative income effects. Rising
environmentalism in the developing world could also increase
support for credible greenhouse gas reduction policy. This
paper quantifies these effects by estimating Engel curves of
durables ownership, comparing the grid’s carbon intensity by
nation, and studying the demographic correlates of support
for prioritizing environmental protection. |
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Kahn, Matthew E. Lall, Somik |
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Kahn, Matthew E. Lall, Somik |
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Kahn, Matthew E. |
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Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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Will the Developing World’s Growing Middle Class Support Low-Carbon Policies? |
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will the developing world’s growing middle class support low-carbon policies? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2022 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099428307202220569/IDU0faed1ab60a39b04fe00922a06a770acb282a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37731 |
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