Family Planning and Climate Change

Reyer Gerlagh, Veronica Lupi and Marzio Galeotti

No 7421, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: The historical increase in emissions is for one-fourth attributable to the growth of emissions per person, whereas three-fourths are due to population growth. This striking evidence is not represented in the majority of climate-economic studies, which mostly neglect the environmental consequences of individuals’ reproductive decisions. In this paper, we study the interactions between climate change and population dynamics. We develop an analytical model of endogenous fertility and embed it in a calibrated climate-economy model. Our results present family planning as an integral part of climate policies and quantify the costs of neglecting the interaction.

Keywords: fertility; climate change; population; carbon tax; fertility tax; climate-economy models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 J11 J13 Q54 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene, nep-env, nep-gro and nep-lab
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