Population aging and environmental quality in OECD countries: Evidence from sulfur dioxide emissions data

Population and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-79

  Menz, Tobias ^a   Kühling, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Demographic transition; Emissions; Environment; Environmental Kuznets curve; IPAT; Population; Population aging; Population composition; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MACROECONOMICS; OECD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 80053450193     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-011-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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