Demographics and Emissions: The Life Cycle of Consumption Carbon Intensity

Henrique S. Basso, Richard Jaimes, Omar Rachedi,, Richard Jaimes and Omar Rachedi
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Omar Rachedi and Richard Jaimes

Vniversitas Económica, 2022, vol. 0, issue 0, No 20565, 25 pages

Abstract: The consumption carbon intensity – defined as the carbon emissions per unit of consumption – varies with age: it is hump-shaped over the life cycle, but it becomes flatter at high levels of income. We document this novel fact using U.S. household-level consumption data. This relationship does not hold only at the individual level, but also at the aggregate: we leverage information across U.S. states and countries to show that the carbon intensity of the economy de- pends on the population age structure. Consequently, policy changes that alter carbon prices affect relatively more middle-age individuals, and especially so in low-income economies.

Keywords: Climate Change; Life Cycle; Carbon Emissions; Demographic Transition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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