TY - UNPB
T1 - Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
AU - Baland, Jean-Marie
AU - Libois, François
AU - Mookherjee, Dilip
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010. Results from preceding cross-sectional analyses are found to be robust: (a) rising consumptions for all but the top decile were associated with increased firewood collections, contrary to the Poverty-Environment hypothesis; (b) sources of growth matter: increased livestock was associated with increased collections, and falling household size, increased education, non-farm business assets and road connectivity with reduced collections. Nepal households collected 25% less firewood over this period, mostly explained by falling livestock, and rising education, connectivity and out-migration.
AB - A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010. Results from preceding cross-sectional analyses are found to be robust: (a) rising consumptions for all but the top decile were associated with increased firewood collections, contrary to the Poverty-Environment hypothesis; (b) sources of growth matter: increased livestock was associated with increased collections, and falling household size, increased education, non-farm business assets and road connectivity with reduced collections. Nepal households collected 25% less firewood over this period, mostly explained by falling livestock, and rising education, connectivity and out-migration.
KW - deforestation
KW - Environmental Kuznets Curve
KW - Growth
KW - Nepal
M3 - Working paper
BT - Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
PB - CEPR
ER -
