Faster, harder, greener? Empirical evidence on the role of the individual Pace of Life for productivity and pro-environmental behavior

Christin Hoffmann, Julia Amelie Hoppe and Niklas Ziemann

Ecological Economics, 2022, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: Against the background of the current “Speed-Up Society,” which seems to foster a trade-off between economic success and climate change, we study whether the individual Pace of Life is associated with productivity and pro-environmental behavior on the micro-level. In a controlled laboratory environment with students in Germany, we measured the productivity of participants in a real effort task, quantified their pro-environmental behavior, and recorded their individual Pace of Life. We find that individuals with a fast Pace of Life are significantly more productive. However, individuals with a fast Pace of Life behave less pro-environmentally if they are men and more pro-environmentally if they are women.

Keywords: Charitable giving; Limits of growth; Pace of Life; Pro-environmental behavior; Speed-Up Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 H41 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107212

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