Thanyaporn Chankrajang|Raya Muttarak
Green Returns to Education: Does Schooling Contribute to Pro-Environmental Behaviours? Evidence from Thailand
Chulalongkorn University|Vienna Institute of Demography|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|Austrian Academy of Sciences
investigate whether green returns education formal education encourages proenvironmental behaviours using nationally representative surveys environmental issues thailand establish causal relationship education green behaviours exploit instrumental variables strategy using supply state primary schooling ie corresponding number teachers per 1000 children varies time across regions instrument controlling regional cohort income effects find years schooling lead greater probability taking knowledgebased environmentallyfriendly actions great deal costsaving proenvironmental actions addition paper finds significant impact formal education concern global warming willingness pay environmental tax