Economic Inequality and Environmental Quality: Evidence of Pollution Shifting in Russia

Marina Vornovytskyy and James Boyce

Working Papers from Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Abstract: This paper utilizes the Russian Statistical Agency's data on air pollution in Russia to analyze the impact of economic inequalities among Russia's regions on environmental degradation. Controlling for the absolute level of income, we find that regions with lower incomes relative to those of neighboring regions have more uncontrolled air pollution. In addition, we find that greater within-region inequalities in income and in the provision of public goods are associated with greater uncontrolled air pollution.

Keywords: Air pollution; environmental inequality; pollution shifting; regional inequality; environmental Kuznets curve; Russia - environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P25 P28 Q53 Q56 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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