Calendrier du 02 mai 2023
Du 02/05/2023 de 17:00 à 18:00
R1-13
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 02/05/2023 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2.21, Campus Jourdan
SCHÜTZ Rafael ()
Does it Take a Stick to Eat a Carrot? Estimating the Animal Welfare Impacts of Food Consumption and Pigouvian Pricing
Combining 35 years of household expenditure surveys and aggregate food supply data from the United Kingdom, we compute the animal welfare footprint of consumers' food purchases. Focusing on the extensive margin, we consider three indicators of animal welfare: (1) meat and fish purchase quantities; (2) the number of slaughtered animals and caught fish; (3) the second indicator, weighted by species-specific neuron counts. Throughout the whole time frame (1985 to 2019), there is a large dispersion in animal welfare footprints across individuals. We fit a demand system to simulate the effects of two Pigouvian pricing interventions on aggregate animal welfare and greenhouse gas emissions: carbon pricing of food and an animal welfare levy as envisaged by the German government. Both interventions are predicted to reduce emissions and substantially improve aggregate animal welfare.