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Estimation and Determinants of the P hilippines' Household Carbon Footprint
Author(s) -
Seriño Moises Neil V.,
Klasen Stephan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/deve.12065
Subject(s) - carbon footprint , estimation , consumption (sociology) , economics , household income , distribution (mathematics) , greenhouse gas , goods and services , point estimation , econometrics , footprint , point (geometry) , ecological footprint , natural resource economics , geography , economy , statistics , sustainable development , mathematics , ecology , social science , mathematical analysis , management , archaeology , sociology , biology , geometry
Estimation of a household carbon footprint in developed countries is abundant in the literature but there are few studies from developing countries. This paper presents an estimation of household carbon emission from the consumption of various goods and services in the P hilippines. We estimate household emissions by combining input–output analysis with household expenditure for 2000 and 2006. After controlling for household characteristics, the analyses reveal that income has a significant nonlinear relationship with emissions, depicting an inverted U ‐shaped with a turning point beyond the current income distribution. Unless consumption patterns change, it is likely that there will be further increases in emissions as households become more affluent.