Income inequality and carbon emissions

Nicole Grunewald (), Stephan Klasen, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Chris Muris

No 92, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers from Courant Research Centre PEG

Abstract: We document a U-shaped relationship between income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions per capita, using a newly available panel data set on income inequality (GINI) with observations for 138 countries over the period 1960–2008. Our findings suggest that, for high-income countries with high income inequality, pro-poor growth and reduced per capita emissions levels go hand in hand.

Keywords: environmental quality; income inequality; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 O1 Q3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-09-01
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