Estimation and Determinants of the Philippines' Household Carbon Footprint

Moises Neil Seriño and Stephan Klasen

The Developing Economies, 2015, vol. 53, issue 1, 44-62

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Estimation of a household carbon footprint in developed countries is abundant in the literature but there are few studies from developing countries. This paper presents an estimation of household carbon emission from the consumption of various goods and services in the Philippines. We estimate household emissions by combining input–output analysis with household expenditure for 2000 and 2006. After controlling for household characteristics, the analyses reveal that income has a significant nonlinear relationship with emissions, depicting an inverted U-shaped with a turning point beyond the current income distribution. Unless consumption patterns change, it is likely that there will be further increases in emissions as households become more affluent.

Date: 2015
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