Do parents leave a smaller carbon footprint?
(2017) In IFRO Working Paper 2017(12).- Abstract
- Do parents leave a smaller carbon footprint? While becoming a parent is transformational as one focuses more on the future, the time constraints are more binding right now. Using a unique data set that allows us to compare CO2 emissions from Swedish two-adult households with and without children, we find becoming a Swedish parent causes a person to leave a larger carbon footprint—due to changes in transportation patterns and food consumption choices.
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- author
- Nordström, Jonas LU ; Shogren, Jason F. and Thunstrom, Linda
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-12-07
- type
- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- CO2 emissions, CHILDREN, Parent, Sustainable consumption, Time constraint, Food, Transportation, children, parent, CO2 emissions, sustainable consumption, time constraints, food, transportation, D10, D90, Q54
- in
- IFRO Working Paper
- volume
- 2017
- issue
- 12
- pages
- 32 pages
- publisher
- Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 39644d62-7608-415d-aa8b-5e6f0affdaf0
- date added to LUP
- 2017-12-29 14:10:07
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