Understanding the relationship between income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions: the Canadian context

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dc.contributor.authorConrad, Noah O.
dc.contributor.supervisorRhodes, Katya
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T18:01:40Z
dc.date.available2022-12-05T18:01:40Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-12-05
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administrationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Administration M.P.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the evolution of income inequality in Canada from 1997 to 2019 through the Gini coefficient and the share of income of the top 10% of income earners. These metrics are then used to evaluate whether there are any associations between income inequality and CO2 emissions. The results reveal that the Gini coefficient is negatively associated with CO2 emissions; however, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about the effect of income share. The implications of the results for the effect of economic policies (i.e., redistributive) on national climate commitments are then discussed.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14551
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectincome inequalityen_US
dc.subjectcarbon dioxide emissionsen_US
dc.subjectmarginal propensity to emiten_US
dc.subjectconsumption competitionen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding the relationship between income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions: the Canadian contexten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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