Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Jonas Nordström
Author-Name-First: Jonas 
Author-Name-Last: Nordström
Author-Email: jno@ifro.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Jason F. Shogren
Author-Name-First: Jason F. 
Author-Name-Last: Shogren
Author-Email: jramses@uwyo.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Wyoming
Author-Name: Linda Thunström
Author-Name-First: Linda 
Author-Name-Last: Thunström
Author-Email: lthunstr@uwyo.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Wyoming
Title: Do parents leave a smaller carbon footprint?
Abstract: 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 footprint—due to changes in transportation patterns and food consumption choices.
Length: 30 pages
Creation-Date: 2017-12
File-URL: http://okonomi.foi.dk/workingpapers/WPpdf/WP2017/IFRO_WP_2017_12.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2017/12
Classification-JEL: D10, D90, Q54
Keywords: Children, parent, CO2 emissions, sustainable consumption, time constraints, food, transportation
Handle: RePEc:foi:wpaper:2017_12