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Gender Equality and CO2-Emissions: A Panel Data Study

Fernström Nåtby, Kajsa LU and Rönnerfalk, Hannes (2018) NEKH03 20172
Department of Economics
Abstract
There is an acute need to combat global warming, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the key driver. Climate policy makers so far have assumed that CO2-emissions and gender equality are closely related. However, despite a rapidly growing literature on women and CO2-emissions, no link between gender equality and CO2-emissions has yet been established in economic research. To bridge this gap, this study addresses the question whether gender equality correlates with CO2-emissions and hypothesize that they are negatively correlated. Supported by a theoretical framework based on demand theory, we test the hypothesis by using a two-way fixed effect regression analysis, and panel data for 139 countries over the period of 1995 to 2014. To... (More)
There is an acute need to combat global warming, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the key driver. Climate policy makers so far have assumed that CO2-emissions and gender equality are closely related. However, despite a rapidly growing literature on women and CO2-emissions, no link between gender equality and CO2-emissions has yet been established in economic research. To bridge this gap, this study addresses the question whether gender equality correlates with CO2-emissions and hypothesize that they are negatively correlated. Supported by a theoretical framework based on demand theory, we test the hypothesis by using a two-way fixed effect regression analysis, and panel data for 139 countries over the period of 1995 to 2014. To measure gender equality, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) covering a broader spectrum of gender equality, is used. The results show a significant and negative correlation between gender equality and CO2-emissions, which seems to be driven by developing countries. Our finding supports the belief that gender equality and CO2-emissions are linked and thus contribute to the scientific foundation for climate change policy. (Less)
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author
Fernström Nåtby, Kajsa LU and Rönnerfalk, Hannes
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH03 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Gender Equality, CO2-emissions, Gender Equality Index, Climate Change
language
English
id
8934039
date added to LUP
2018-02-14 18:38:28
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2018-02-14 18:38:28
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  abstract     = {{There is an acute need to combat global warming, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are the key driver. Climate policy makers so far have assumed that CO2-emissions and gender equality are closely related. However, despite a rapidly growing literature on women and CO2-emissions, no link between gender equality and CO2-emissions has yet been established in economic research. To bridge this gap, this study addresses the question whether gender equality correlates with CO2-emissions and hypothesize that they are negatively correlated. Supported by a theoretical framework based on demand theory, we test the hypothesis by using a two-way fixed effect regression analysis, and panel data for 139 countries over the period of 1995 to 2014. To measure gender equality, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) covering a broader spectrum of gender equality, is used. The results show a significant and negative correlation between gender equality and CO2-emissions, which seems to be driven by developing countries. Our finding supports the belief that gender equality and CO2-emissions are linked and thus contribute to the scientific foundation for climate change policy.}},
  author       = {{Fernström Nåtby, Kajsa and Rönnerfalk, Hannes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Gender Equality and CO2-Emissions: A Panel Data Study}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}