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Education and CO2 emissions through the macroeconomic lens: Assessing their relationship in developing countries from 1996 to 2014

Scheidt, Nikas LU (2019) EKHS42 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This thesis investigates the macroeconomic relationship between education and CO2 emissions in developing countries. Building on existing literature, a framework is constructed that tries to identify the links underlying this relationship. Education is postulated to affect CO2 emissions in developing countries indirectly through inducing growth, fostering technological change, driving structural transformation, and influencing demographic change. Furthermore, education is assumed to affect CO2 emissions directly through substituting for energy use and by inducing sustainable behavior. The first two indirect links of growth and technological change are tested indirectly and directly, drawing on a panel of 81 developing countries for the... (More)
This thesis investigates the macroeconomic relationship between education and CO2 emissions in developing countries. Building on existing literature, a framework is constructed that tries to identify the links underlying this relationship. Education is postulated to affect CO2 emissions in developing countries indirectly through inducing growth, fostering technological change, driving structural transformation, and influencing demographic change. Furthermore, education is assumed to affect CO2 emissions directly through substituting for energy use and by inducing sustainable behavior. The first two indirect links of growth and technological change are tested indirectly and directly, drawing on a panel of 81 developing countries for the period from 1996 to 2014, and differentiating between the short- and the long-run effect. The empirical analyses show that there is likely a short-run increasing effect of education on the level and intensity of CO2 emissions, whereas a consistent long-run effect could not be found. (Less)
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author
Scheidt, Nikas LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS42 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
education, CO2 emissions, developing countries
language
English
id
8983087
date added to LUP
2019-08-22 08:36:39
date last changed
2019-08-22 08:36:39
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates the macroeconomic relationship between education and CO2 emissions in developing countries. Building on existing literature, a framework is constructed that tries to identify the links underlying this relationship. Education is postulated to affect CO2 emissions in developing countries indirectly through inducing growth, fostering technological change, driving structural transformation, and influencing demographic change. Furthermore, education is assumed to affect CO2 emissions directly through substituting for energy use and by inducing sustainable behavior. The first two indirect links of growth and technological change are tested indirectly and directly, drawing on a panel of 81 developing countries for the period from 1996 to 2014, and differentiating between the short- and the long-run effect. The empirical analyses show that there is likely a short-run increasing effect of education on the level and intensity of CO2 emissions, whereas a consistent long-run effect could not be found.}},
  author       = {{Scheidt, Nikas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Education and CO2 emissions through the macroeconomic lens: Assessing their relationship in developing countries from 1996 to 2014}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}