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SUMMARY:Lunch seminar: Pamela Campa - SITE - Stockholm School of Economics
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p><em><strong>Facing the Hard Truth: Evidence from Climate Change Ignoranc
 e</strong></em></p><p>Abstract:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Public i
 gnorance around climate change remains high in many countries, including th
 e United States, where in 2024 only 59% of adults reported to believe that 
 global warming is mostly caused by human activities. In this paper, we show
  that information avoidance aimed at protecting self-image contributes at e
 xplaining climate ignorance. Exploiting mass-layoffs of coal miners in the 
 US and a difference-in-differences design we find that climate ignorance sh
 rinks more in counties affected by the layoffs as compared to other coal-mi
 ning counties. We also employ a triple difference-in-differences strategy t
 hat compares layoffs from coal and metal mines to confirm that employment i
 n a polluting sector contributes to persistent climate change ignorance. Fi
 nally we investigate beliefs around other policy-relevant issues and we fai
 l to find evidence of a broader change in public opinion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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