TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angrist,Noam
AU  - Winseck,Kevin
AU  - Patrinos,Harry A.
AU  - Graff Zivin,Joshua S.
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Human Capital and Climate Change
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
KW  - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
KW  - jelc
KW  - Public Goods
KW  - General
KW  - Government Policy
KW  - Capitalist Institutions • Welfare State
KW  - Sustainable Development
KW  - Environmental Economics
N1  - March 2023; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for pro-climate policies, yet surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education on pro-climate outcomes using new compulsory schooling law data across 16 European countries. We analyze effects on pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences, and green voting, with voting gains equivalent to a substantial 35% increase
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w31000
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31000
ER  -