Green returns to education: Does education affect pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in China?
Autor: | Qi Wang, Geng Niu, Xu Gan, Qiaoling Cai |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2022 |
Předmět: |
China
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Asia Economics Climate Change Health Status Science Health Behavior Economics of Training and Education Social Sciences Environment Research and Analysis Methods Instrumental Variable Analysis Education Geographical Locations Mathematical and Statistical Techniques Sociology Psychological Attitudes Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine and Health Sciences Humans Psychology Public and Occupational Health Statistical Methods Educational Attainment Human Capital Behavior Multidisciplinary Schools Statistics Reproducibility of Results Biology and Life Sciences Knowledge Attitude Socioeconomic Factors People and Places Physical Sciences Educational Status Regression Analysis Medicine Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health Mathematics Research Article |
Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 2, p e0263383 (2022) PLoS ONE |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Popis: | Using microdata from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS 2010), this paper investigates whether there are green returns to education in China, where educational attainment promotes pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. We establish causality by exploiting the exogenous variation induced by the implementation of the Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL) in China. We find evidence that educational attainment is associated with higher levels of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, and these estimates are robust to various robustness checks. Further analysis reveals that the acquisition of environmental knowledge is the channel that drives the effect of education on pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. Finally, the effects of education are heterogeneous across individuals. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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