| 来源类型 | FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| Structural Change, Environment and Well-being: Interactions Between Production and Consumption Choices of the Rich and the Poor in Developing Countries | |
| Angelo Antoci; Paolo Russu; Elisa Ticci | |
| 发表日期 | 2008 |
| 出处 | Economy and Society |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Vulnerability to scarcity or to reduction of natural capital depends on defensive substitution possibilities that, in turn, are affected by the availability of other productive factors. However, in several developing countries asset distribution tends to be highly skewed. Taking into ac- count these elements, this paper argues that environmental degradation may represent a push factor of economic development in an economy polarized into two main classes (the Rich and the Poor) and characterized by the following stylized facts: a) the main income source of the rural poor is self-employment in traditional activities highly depending on natural resources; b) labor remuneration in rural sector represents the basic opportunity cost for (unskilled) labor in the economy. Thus, given that environmental degradation reduces labor productivity of the rural poor, it may depress wages; c) production of the modern sector managed by the rich is less affected by depletion of natural resources because they can adopt defensive strategies that the poor cannot. They are able to defend themselves by partially substituting natural resources with physical capital accumulation and wage labor employment. We will show that, in this context, environmental depletion may benefit the modern sector through an increase in low cost labor supply and, in turn, it may stimulate economic transition. However the structural change is likely to result in an increase in inequality. |
| 特色分类 | D62,O11,O13,O15,O41,Q20 |
| 关键词 | Production,Consumption Choices,Welfare |
| URL | https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/structural-change-environment-and-well-being-interactions-between-production-and-consumption-choices-of-the-rich-and-the-poor-in-developing-countries/ |
| 来源智库 | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/117573 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Angelo Antoci,Paolo Russu,Elisa Ticci. Structural Change, Environment and Well-being: Interactions Between Production and Consumption Choices of the Rich and the Poor in Developing Countries. 2008. |
| 条目包含的文件 | ||||||
| 文件名称/大小 | 资源类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
| NDL2008-048.pdf（643KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
除非特别说明，本系统中所有内容都受版权保护，并保留所有权利。
