Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240475 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1332
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
It is well-known that men and women differ in their views regarding the severity of climate change, but do they also differ in their support for climate policy and in undertaking climate action? Previous evidence on this question is inconsistent, but unique survey data from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency enable us to answer it in the affirmative. Swedish women worry more about climate change and perceive it to be a bigger threat than men do. Furthermore, women report a greater support than men for policies to mitigate climate change through political interventions, and also undertake more voluntary actions to achieve this goal. More generally, the results suggest that women and men differ in their willingness to alter behavior and support policy to help mitigate other large scale crises, such as global pandemics.
Subjects: 
Climate change
Public opinion
Gender
Environmental beliefs
JEL: 
H23
O44
Q54
Q58
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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