Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204416 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IFRO Working Paper No. 2017/12
Publisher: 
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
While becoming a parent is transformational as one focuses more on the future, the time constraints are more binding right now. Using a unique data set that allows us to compare CO2 emissions from Swedish two-adult households with and without children, we find becoming a Swedish parent causes a person to leave a larger carbon footprint—due to changes in transportation patterns and food consumption choices.
Subjects: 
Children
parent
CO2 emissions
sustainable consumption
time constraints
food
transportation
JEL: 
D10
D90
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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