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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing Behavior from Location	
Autores: 	Kerr,   Suzi; Pfaff,   Alexander S.P.; Cavatassi,   Romina; Davis,   Benjamin; Lipper,   Leslie; Sanchez,   Arturo; Timmins,   Jason.	
Data: 	2005-04-04	
Ano: 	2004	
Palavras-chave: 	Land Use; Deforestation; Poverty; Climate Change; Development; Costa Rica.; Food Security and Poverty; I32; O13; Q51; Q54; Q56.	
Resumo: 	We summarize existing theoretical claims linking poverty to rates of deforestation and then examine this linkage empirically for Costa Rica during the 20th century  using an econometric approach that addresses the irreversibilities in deforestation. Our data facilitate an empirical analysis of the implications for deforestation of where the poor live. Without controlling for this, impacts of poverty per se are confounded by richer areas being different from the areas inhabited by the poor, who we expect to find on more marginal lands, for instance less profitable lands.  Controlling for locations' characteristics, we find that poorer areas are cleared more rapidly.  This result suggests that poverty reduction aids forest conservation.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	15973

http://purl.umn.edu/23792	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations&gt;Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA)&gt;ESA Working Papers

ESA Working Paper No. 04-19	
Formato: 	28

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