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

This 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. / Graduate

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/14551
Date05 December 2022
CreatorsConrad, Noah O.
ContributorsRhodes, Katya
Source SetsUniversity of Victoria
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf
RightsAvailable to the World Wide Web

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