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Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

Fredrik N G Andersson

Associate professor

Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

Economic Inequality and the Ecological Footprint: Time-Varying Estimates for the United States and France, 1962–2021

Author

  • Fredrik N G Andersson

Summary, in English

This paper studies the nexus between income and wealth inequality, and the ecological footprint in the United States and France from 1962 to 2021. Based on theoretical considerations, we allow the relationship to vary over time. We find some support for income inequality affecting the ecological footprint in the United States and that the relationship has changed over time. We find no such result for France, nor do we find a significant impact of wealth inequality. We conclude that the relationship between inequality and the environment is likely weak as well as time and context dependent.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics
  • LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Document type

Preprint (in preprint archive)

Publisher

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • income inequality
  • wealth inequality
  • ecological footprint
  • carbon footprint
  • Income inequality
  • wealth inequality
  • Ecological footprint
  • carbon footprint
  • income redistribution
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Status

Published