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How consumption carbon emission intensity varies across Spanish households

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  • Henrique S. Basso

    (Banco de España)

  • Ourania Dimakou

    (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

  • Myroslav Pidkuyko

    (Banco de España)

Abstract

The prominence of emissions mitigating policies call for an understanding of their potential distributional impact. To assess this heterogeneity, we quantify and analyse the consumption emission intensity, defined as carbon emissions per unit of consumption, across households in Spain. With the exception of the poorest households, emission intensity decreases with income and peaks for households whose head is middle-aged (40 years old). Moreover, households whose main earner is less educated and male, and who live in smaller cities and rent their main residence, also emit more per unit of expenditure and thus, may be disproportionably impacted by emissions mitigating policies.

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  • Henrique S. Basso & Ourania Dimakou & Myroslav Pidkuyko, 2024. "How consumption carbon emission intensity varies across Spanish households," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 95-125, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:series:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s13209-023-00292-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s13209-023-00292-0
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    Keywords

    Carbon taxes; Cap and allowances; Household expenditure; CO $$_{2}$$ 2 emission intensity;
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    JEL classification:

    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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