Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333503 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2025-05
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), Innsbruck
Abstract: 
This study examines the pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors of individuals across different age groups. We compare young adults with older adults in an online experiment with German participants. We use an incentivized task - the Work for Environment Protection task (WEPT) - to measure environmental behavior. We find that compared to younger adults, older adults are more concerned and less skeptical about climate change. Older adults also exhibit significantly more pro-environmental behavior, reflected in higher participation in tasks associated with donations to an environmental organization. These results highlight the need to develop strategies to improve support for environmental policies specifically targeted to different age groups.
Subjects: 
environmental behavior
environmental attitude
climate change knowledge
age
JEL: 
C91
Q50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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