Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management : Evidence from Western Kenya

Poverty and altered planning horizons brought on by the HIV/AIDS epidemic can change individual discount rates, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal household survey data from western Kenya, we estimate the effects of health status on investments in soil quality, as...

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Publié dans:Journal of environmental economics and management. - 1984. - 69(2015) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 36-52
Auteur principal: Damon, Maria (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Zivin, Joshua Graff, Thirumurthy, Harsha
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2015
Accès à la collection:Journal of environmental economics and management
Sujets:Journal Article HIV/AIDS Health and environment environmental degradation health shocks