Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Anastasia Litina
Author-X-Name-First: Anastasia  
Author-X-Name-Last: Litina
Author-Name: Simone Moriconi
Author-X-Name-First: Simone 
Author-X-Name-Last: Moriconi
Author-Email: simone.moriconi@unicatt.it
Author-Workplace-Name: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Author-Workplace-Name: Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Author-Name: Skerdilajda Zanaj
Author-X-Name-First: Skerdilajda 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zanaj


Title: The Cultural Transmission of Environmental Preferences: Evidence from International Migration
Abstract: This paper investigates both theoretically and empirically the hypothesis that individual
environmental attitudes can be partly accounted for by a cultural component. To
empirically identify this component, we exploit variation associated with international
migration 
ows. We find that the environmental attitudes of migrants, while being
resilient to environmental conditions, also embed a cultural component, which persists
till the second generation migrants. Our results suggest that, in the presence of multiple
environmental problems that require collective action, comprehending the driving forces
behind the formation of an environmental culture is critical to design effective policies.
Length: 40
Creation-Date: 2015-11
File-URL: http://dipartimenti.unicatt.it/economia-finanza-def033.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2015
Number: def033
Classification-JEL: Q50; Q58; R23. 
Keywords: Cultural Transmission, Migration, Environmental Preferences.
Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie1:def033