Greening Household Behaviour : Cross-domain Comparisons in Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Using Spatial Effects

Zachary Browni iNorth Carolina State University

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: civic engagement;    household survey;    GIS;    environmental attitudes;    behavioural economics;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/5jxrclsj8z7b-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

Discussions of the importance of public attitudes in shaping policy often lack clear evidence on causal relations between stated attitudes and observed behaviours. The 2011 OECD Survey of over 12,000 households allows analysing households’ environmental attitudes and behaviours in five different domains (electricity, food, transport, waste and water). Using econometric analysis, we investigate the relationship between stated environmental attitudes and indicators of civic engagement, such as voting in local elections, charity membership and membership in environmental organisations...