The distribution of total greenhouse gas emissions by households in the UK, and some implications for social policy
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Keywords
household income distribution; greenhouse gas emissions; carbon policies; social policies; direct and embodied emissions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2011-08-15 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2011-08-15 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2011-08-15 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HME-2011-08-15 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
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