Hidden welfare effects of tree plantations

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dc.contributor.authorAnriquez Nilson, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorToledo Roman, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorArriagada Cisternas, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T13:10:01Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T13:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSubsidies to promote tree plantations have been questioned because of negative impacts of the forestry industry. Quantitative evidence on the socioeconomic impacts of afforestation subsidies or of tree plantations is elusive, mainly due to data scarcity. We assess the overall impact of a tree plantation subsidy in Chile, using our original 20-year panel dataset that includes small area estimates of poverty and the subsidy assignment at the census-district scale. We show that forestry subsidies - on average - in fact, do increase poverty. More specifically, using difference in difference with matching techniques, and instrumental variables approaches, we show that there is an increase of about 2 per cent in the poverty rate of treated localities. We identify employment as a causal mechanism explaining this finding, since we found a negative effect of tree plantations on employment, and therefore, on poverty. We suggest reassessment of the distributional effects of the forest subsidy and forestry industry.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-04-25
dc.format.extent18 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1355770X20000303
dc.identifier.eissn1469-4395
dc.identifier.issn1355-770X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X20000303
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/77748
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000626055700003
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Anriquez Nilson, Gustavo Adolfo; S/I; 80995
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final168
dc.pagina.inicio151
dc.publisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
dc.revistaENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectafforestation subsidies
dc.subjectimpact evaluation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjecttree plantations
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods01 No Poverty
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleHidden welfare effects of tree plantations
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen26
sipa.codpersvinculados80995
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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