The effects of income inequality on the willingness to contribute to environmental sustainability

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Martin Förster ◽  
Volker Müller-Benedict
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Willingness To Contribute

scholarly journals Modeling maladaptation in the inequality–environment nexus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Antoci ◽  
Paolo Russu ◽  
Elisa Ticci
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
High Income ◽  
Standard View ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Input Model ◽  
Welfare Inequality

Abstract Adaptation against environmental degradation has the potential to generate further environmental pressures. Does this aspect of adaptation affect the inequality–environment link? To answer this question, we develop a one-sector and one-input model which integrates threats to social and environmental sustainability posed by feedback effects of agents’ adaptation strategies. We distinguish between income inequality and welfare inequality with the latter depending on environmental quality, leisure time, income level and allocation of income to consumption or adaptation. Despite its parsimony, the model describes the conditions for the existence of different inequality–environment dynamic regimes. The model confirms the standard view that environmental degradation exacerbates welfare inequality, but it also produces non-trivial and surprising insights. It illustrates that income inequality affects the type of dynamic regime followed by the economy. High-income economies and economies with high-income inequality are most at risk of following a pattern of maladaptive growth with increasing welfare inequality and environmental pressure.

scholarly journals Impacts of Education and Environmental Sustainability on Rural Income Inequality in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 04003
Author(s):  
Andryan Setyadharma ◽  
Shanty Oktavilia ◽  
Sri Utami ◽  
Audina Rizka Noormalitasari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Environmental Deterioration ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

Income inequality may hinder rural development and education is seen an important tool in rural development processes as well as it become an effective way in reducing rural income inequality. Human capital theory suggests that higher education can increase income, and it will decrease income inequality. The first objective of this study is to examine the effect of education on rural income inequality in Indonesia. This study also examines the relationship between environmental deterioration and rural income inequality. Studies about the impact of higher levels of inequality on environmental deterioration are not new, but the opposite studies are rare. Therefore, the second objective of this study is to examine the effect of environmental deterioration on rural income inequality in Indonesia. This study applies panel data from 32 provinces in Indonesia during 2012 to 2018. The results show that higher education resulting in lower rural income inequality in Indonesia. Furthermore, the finding also shows that the efforts to reduce environmental deterioration resulting in lower rural income inequality in Indonesia. This study suggests that it is vital to improve education level and to apply nature-friendly approaches to reduce income gaps in rural areas so the rural development goals can be achieved.

scholarly journals Does the digital finance revolution validate the Environmental Kuznets Curve? Empirical findings from China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0257498
Author(s):  
Kaiyang Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Growth Effect ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Economic Activities

In recent years, digital finance has become a crucial part of the financial system and reshaped the mode of green finance in China. Digital finance has brought certain impact on economic growth, industrial structure, and resident income, which may affect pollution. The nexus of digital finance and environment in China is thus worth exploring. By revising the traditional Environmental Kuznets Curve model with income inequality variable, this paper decomposes the environmental effects of economic activities into income growth effect, industrial structure effect and income inequality effect, and use panel data of China’s provinces to conduct an empirical analysis. The results reveal the following: (1) the Environmental Kuznets Curve is still valid in sample, and digital finance can reduce air and water pollution (as measured through SO2 and COD emission) directly; (2) in the influence mechanism, digital finance can alleviate income inequality and promote green industrial structure, thus reducing pollution indirectly, but the scale effect of income growth outweighs the technological effect, which increases pollution indirectly; and (3) digital finance has a threshold effect on improving the environment, then an acceleration effect appears after a certain threshold value. From the regional perspective, digital finance development in eastern regions is generally ahead of central and western regions, and the effects of environmental improvement in the eastern regions are greater. According to the study, this paper suggest that digital finance can be an effective way to promote social sustainability by alleviating income inequality and environmental sustainability by reducing pollution.

Does income inequality affect environmental sustainability? Evidence from the ASEAN-5

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mehedi Masud ◽  
Fatimah Kari ◽  
Hasanul Banna ◽  
Md. Khaled Saifullah
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Environmental Sustainability

Does income inequality affect environmental sustainability? Evidence from the ASEAN-5

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mehedi Masud ◽  
Fatimah Binti Kari ◽  
Hasanul Banna ◽  
Md. Khaled Saifullah
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Environmental Sustainability

Knowledge Contribution in Organizations via Social Media

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Behringer ◽  
Kai Sassenberg ◽  
Annika Scholl
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Expectancy Theory ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Abstract Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Willingness To Contribute ◽  
Social Media Tool

Abstract. Knowledge exchange via social media is crucial for organizational success. Yet, many employees only read others’ contributions without actively contributing their knowledge. We thus examined predictors of the willingness to contribute knowledge. Applying social identity theory and expectancy theory to knowledge exchange, we investigated the interplay of users’ identification with their organization and perceived usefulness of a social media tool. In two studies, identification facilitated users’ willingness to contribute knowledge – provided that the social media tool seemed useful (vs. not-useful). Interestingly, identification also raised the importance of acquiring knowledge collectively, which could in turn compensate for low usefulness of the tool. Hence, considering both social and media factors is crucial to enhance employees’ willingness to share knowledge via social media.

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