Do parents leave a smaller carbon footprint?

Leif Jonas Nordström, Jason F. Shogren, Linda Thunström

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Abstract

Do parents leave a smaller carbon footprint? While becoming a parent is transformational as one focuses more on the future, the time constraints are more binding right now. Using a unique data set that allows us to compare CO2 emissions from Swedish two-adult households with and without children, we find becoming a Swedish parent causes a person to leave a larger carbon ootprint—due to changes in transportation patterns and food consumption choices.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherDepartment of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages33
Publication statusPublished - 2017
SeriesIFRO Working Paper
Volume2017/12

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Children
  • Parent
  • CO2 EMISSIONS
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Time constraints
  • Food

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