Green returns to education: Does education affect pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in China?
PLoS One
; 17(2): e0263383, 2022.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35113928
ABSTRACT
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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação
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Meio Ambiente
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS One
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article