Does poverty constrain deforestation? Econometric evidence from Peru

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zwane, Alix Peterson
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.11.007
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 330-349
• 关键词: deforestation; poverty; Peru; intensification

摘要

This paper examines the relationship between income and land clearing for households living in tropical forest regions. A simple model of the agricultural household that clears land for agriculture is developed to investigate the relationship between lagged income and cleared land holdings. Analysis of panel data from Peru suggests that lagged income is positively correlated with clearing, though at a decreasing rate, and, because of labor market constraints, clearing is positively correlated with household labor availability. This work suggests that small increases in the incomes of the poorest are unlikely to reduce deforestation in this context. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.