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Conservation policies and labor markets: unraveling the effects of national parks on local wages in Costa Rica
(Environment for Development, 2010)
Despite the global environmental benefits of increasing the amount of protected areas, how these conservation policies affect the well-being of nearby individuals is still under debate. Using household surveys with highly ...
The evidence base for environmental and socioeconomic impacts of "sustainable" certification
(Environment for Development, 2010-03)
Initiatives certifying that farms and firms adhere to predefined environmental and social welfare production standards are increasingly popular. According to proponents, they create financial incentives for farms and firms ...
Don't tell me what to do, tell me who to follow!: field experiment evidence on voluntary donations
(Environment for Development, 2010-06)
We conducted a field experiment in a protected area to explore the effects of conformity to a social reference versus a comparable, but imposed, suggested donation. As observed before, we see visitors conforming to the ...