eprintid: 33831
rev_number: 18
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3114
dir: disk0/00/03/38/31
datestamp: 2023-09-22 14:23:14
lastmod: 2023-09-28 14:51:01
status_changed: 2023-09-22 14:23:14
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Jaiswal, Sreeja
creators_name: Balietti, Anca
creators_name: Schäffer, Daniel
title: Environmental Protection and Labor Market Composition
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: environmental protection, labor market participation, labor composition, land use changes
abstract: This paper investigates the long-term impacts of protected area management on the labor market participation and composition of the affected population. We study changes spanning two decades in the Western Ghats region of India, one of the key global biodiversity hotspots with the highest population density. Our findings indicate a noteworthy shift toward non-farm employment. Additionally, our research unveils a marked trend towards irregular income patterns: eco-development initiatives appear to have resulted in a significant decline in year-round employment coupled with a corresponding rise in employment for less than six months a year. The primary mechanism we identify is a distinct change in land use patterns, whereby villages under the scope of eco-development initiatives manifest a substantial transition from irrigated to rainfed agricultural land, known to be conducive to seasonal employment. Following these changes, lower consumption levels and higher poverty rates persist in the affected population compared to surrounding areas.
date: 2023-09
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00033831
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0736
ppn_swb: 1860489915
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-338313
language: eng
bibsort: JAISWALSREENVIRONMEN20230914
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0736
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 41
citation:   Jaiswal, Sreeja ; Balietti, Anca ; Schäffer, Daniel  (2023) Environmental Protection and Labor Market Composition.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/33831/7/Jaiswal_et_al_2023_dp736.pdf