The Impact of Economic Complexity on the Formation of Environmental Culture
| Autor: | Anastasia Litina, Skerdilajda Zanaj, Athanasios Lapatinas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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interkulturelle Faktoren Geography Planning and Development Immigration Einstellungsbildung 010501 environmental sciences migration Umwelt 01 natural sciences Ökologie und Umwelt Renewable energy sources ddc:150 Economics Ökologie Psychology GE1-350 050207 economics Proxy (statistics) media_common education.field_of_study Ecology wirtschaftliche Faktoren Public economics Environmental effects of industries and plants 05 social sciences Multilevel model environmental behavior multilevel analysis Sozialpsychologie EVS environment attitude formation EVS2008 economic complexity environmental culture Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Population TJ807-830 Sample (statistics) Ecology Environment Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 value 0502 economics and business intercultural factors ddc:577 Endogeneity education 0105 earth and related environmental sciences economic factors Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Country of origin Environmental sciences Umweltverhalten Psychologie Economic complexity index |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 870, p 870 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 2 Economic Complexity and Sustainability |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | This paper establishes economic complexity as a powerful predictor of environmental attitudes. While the economic complexity index (ECI) has been associated with a series of economic outcomes, yet there has not been a link in the literature between ECI and environmental attitudes. This research pushes forward the hypothesis that economic complexity shapes cultural values and beliefs. The research method used is a multilevel empirical analysis that associates aggregate values of the ECI, at the country level, with individual responses related to attitudes towards the environment. Our findings suggest that a marginal increase of the ECI, increases by 0.191 the probability to be a member of environmental organisations and an increase by 0.259 in the probability to engage in voluntary work for the environment. To further reinforce our findings by ensuring identification we replicate the benchmark analysis using as a proxy of a country&rsquo s level of economic complexity, the average ECI of the neighbouring countries (weighted by population and/or volume of trade). With a similar intention, i.e., to mitigate endogeneity concerns as well as to further frame our findings as &ldquo the cultural implications of ECI&rdquo we replicate our analysis with a sample of second generation immigrants. The immigrant analysis, suggests that the level of economic complexity of the parents&rsquo country of origin, has a long-lasting effect on second generation immigrants&rsquo attitudes related to the environment. Because humankind&rsquo s attitudes and actions are of key importance for a sustainable future, a better understanding as to what drives environmental attitudes appears critical both for researchers and policy makers. |
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