%0 Journal Article
%T Consumption-Driven Environmental Impact and Age Structure Change in OECD Countries: A Cointegration-STIRPAT Analysis
%A Brantley Liddle
%J Demographic Research
%D 2011
%I Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
%X This paper examines two environmental impacts for which population has a substantial demonstrated influence: transport carbon emissions and residential electricity consumption. It takes as its starting point the STIRPAT framework and disaggregates population into four key age groups: 20-34, 35-49, 50-69, and 70 and older. Population age structure's influence was significant and varied across cohorts, and its profile was different for two dependent variables. For transport, young adults (20-34) were intensive, whereas the other cohorts had negative coefficients. For residential electricity consumption, age structure had a U-shaped impact: the youngest and oldest had positive coefficients, while the middle cohorts had negative coefficients.
%K demography
%K environment
%K FMOLS panel cointegration
%K GHG emissions projections
%K IPAT
%K STIRPAT
%U http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/30/