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Green preferences and public goods Location: Auditorium L: Ingrid Simonnæs Session Chair: Alina Sowa, University of Bonn | |
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Life Expectancy and Willingness to Fight Climate Change 1: University of Bonn, Germany; 2: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Germany Why are some people more willing to fight climate change than others? This paper empirically tests a widely-hypothesized determinant of climate attitudes — life expectancy. While theoretical models suggest that longer life expectancy increases willingness to pay for climate action, empirical evidence for this relationship remains scarce. Using survey data from more than 120,000 individuals in 122 countries and plausibly exogenous variation in life expectancy across age-gender-country cells, we find that individuals who can expect to live longer are more willing to pay for climate action. The result is robust to a number of alternative specifications and controls as well as an instrumental variable strategy. These findings contribute to the broader understanding of how demographic and health dynamics shape climate attitudes. | |