The Causal Factors of International Inequality in $$\hbox {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 Emissions Per Capita: A Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition Analysis

Juan Duro, Jordi Teixido and Emilio Padilla Rosa

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2017, vol. 67, issue 4, No 3, 683-700

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses the possibilities provided by the regression-based inequality decomposition (Fields in Res Labor Econ 22:1–38, 2003) to explore the contribution of different explanatory factors to international inequality in $$\hbox {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 emissions per capita. In contrast to previous emissions inequality decompositions, which were based on identity relationships, this methodology does not impose any a priori specific relationship. Thus, it allows an assessment of the contribution to inequality of different relevant variables. In short, the paper appraises the relative contributions of affluence, sectoral composition, demographic factors and climate. The analysis is applied to selected years of the period 1993–2007. The results show the important (though decreasing) share of the contribution of demographic factors, as well as a significant contribution of affluence and sectoral composition.

Keywords: $$\hbox {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 emissions; International emissions inequality; Regression-based decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C19 D39 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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