Kyle W Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyle W Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyle W |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 170 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Gender and climate change views in context
Women express statistically significantly greater climate change concern than men in a number of countries, but this gender gap is not universal around the world. We use multilevel models with cross-level interactions to analyze how the individual-level effects of gender on climate change concern and perceived seriousness are influenced by three macro-level contextual factors: national affluence, climate risk, and gender equality. We find that ge…
Explaining cross-national variation in the climate change concern gender gap
Highlights• Gender differences in climate change concern vary widely across countries.• More affluent countries tend to have larger gender gaps in climate change concern.• Gender equality was not significant but vulnerability reduced the gap in some models
Does Fossil Fuel Dependence Influence Public Awareness and Perception of Climate Change? A Cross-National Investigation
This study presents an empirical cross-national analysis of the influence of fossil fuel (or carbon) dependence on climate change public opinion using ordinary least squares and robust regression modeling of aggregate, national-level data from Gallup World Poll surveys conducted in 2010. These provide measures of public awareness, perceived risk, and perceived human cause of climate change among general publics in over 100 countries. Three measur…
Wealth Inequality and Carbon Emissions in High-income Countries
This study contributes to the emerging literature on connections between climate change and economic inequality by investigating the relationship between domestic wealth inequality and consumption-based carbon emissions for 26 high-income countries from 2000 to 2010. Results of the two-way fixed effects longitudinal models indicate that the effect of wealth inequality, measured as the wealth share of the top decile, on per capita emissions in hig…
Public awareness and perception of climate change
Research on the extent and sources of international differences in climate change awareness and perception among general publics could improve understanding of the opportunities and challenges of formulating politically feasible and effective international climate policies. However, few studies have attempted to explain cross-national variation in climate change public opinion. This study builds on the relatively small body of existing research o…
Domestic Inequality and Carbon Emissions in Comparative Perspective
Drawing from multiple bodies of literature, the authors investigate the relationship between consumption‐based carbon emissions and domestic income inequality for 67 nations from 1991 to 2008. Results of two‐way fixed‐effects longitudinal models indicate that the relationship between national‐level emissions and inequality changes through time and varies for nations in different macroeconomic contexts. For high‐income nations, the relationship sh…
Economic Growth and Climate Change
An important question in the literature on climate change and sustainability is the relation between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions. While the “green growth” paradigm dominates in the policy arena, a growing number of scholars in wealthy countries are questioning the feasibility of achieving required emissions reductions with continued economic growth. This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide e…
Energy at work
Temporal variation in the relationship between environmental demands and well-being
Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to population–environment research for sustainability aims
Could working less reduce pressures on the environment? A cross-national panel analysis of OECD countries, 1970–2007
Organic Agriculture as Environmental Reform
Organic agriculture is a prime case for studying social processes of environmental reform. We empirically assess the environmental consequences of organic agriculture using cross-national data and find that greater area of organic agriculture land is associated with lower fertilizer consumption while larger average organic farm size is associated with higher fertilizer consumption. Then we investigate the cross-national factors influencing organi…
Household dynamics and fuelwood consumption in developing countries
Environmental Concern in Cross‐National Perspective
Objective This study assesses competing macro‐level explanations of national‐level environmental concern. Drawing on previous research, we test the effects of national affluence, environmental degradation, and world society integration on various dimensions of environmental concern. Method We utilize factor analysis to separate distinct dimensions of concern. Then, we estimate bivariate correlations using data from the latest (fifth) wave of the …
The environmental efficiency of well-being
Could working less reduce pressures on the environment? A cross-national panel analysis of OECD countries, 1970–2007
Domestic Inequality and Carbon Emissions in Comparative Perspective
Drawing from multiple bodies of literature, the authors investigate the relationship between consumption‐based carbon emissions and domestic income inequality for 67 nations from 1991 to 2008. Results of two‐way fixed‐effects longitudinal models indicate that the relationship between national‐level emissions and inequality changes through time and varies for nations in different macroeconomic contexts. For high‐income nations, the relationship sh…
Environmental Concern in Cross‐National Perspective
Objective This study assesses competing macro‐level explanations of national‐level environmental concern. Drawing on previous research, we test the effects of national affluence, environmental degradation, and world society integration on various dimensions of environmental concern. Method We utilize factor analysis to separate distinct dimensions of concern. Then, we estimate bivariate correlations using data from the latest (fifth) wave of the …
Does Fossil Fuel Dependence Influence Public Awareness and Perception of Climate Change? A Cross-National Investigation
This study presents an empirical cross-national analysis of the influence of fossil fuel (or carbon) dependence on climate change public opinion using ordinary least squares and robust regression modeling of aggregate, national-level data from Gallup World Poll surveys conducted in 2010. These provide measures of public awareness, perceived risk, and perceived human cause of climate change among general publics in over 100 countries. Three measur…
Public awareness and perception of climate change
Research on the extent and sources of international differences in climate change awareness and perception among general publics could improve understanding of the opportunities and challenges of formulating politically feasible and effective international climate policies. However, few studies have attempted to explain cross-national variation in climate change public opinion. This study builds on the relatively small body of existing research o…
Explaining cross-national variation in the climate change concern gender gap
Highlights• Gender differences in climate change concern vary widely across countries.• More affluent countries tend to have larger gender gaps in climate change concern.• Gender equality was not significant but vulnerability reduced the gap in some models
The environmental efficiency of well-being
Wealth Inequality and Carbon Emissions in High-income Countries
This study contributes to the emerging literature on connections between climate change and economic inequality by investigating the relationship between domestic wealth inequality and consumption-based carbon emissions for 26 high-income countries from 2000 to 2010. Results of the two-way fixed effects longitudinal models indicate that the effect of wealth inequality, measured as the wealth share of the top decile, on per capita emissions in hig…
Household dynamics and fuelwood consumption in developing countries
Gender and climate change views in context
Women express statistically significantly greater climate change concern than men in a number of countries, but this gender gap is not universal around the world. We use multilevel models with cross-level interactions to analyze how the individual-level effects of gender on climate change concern and perceived seriousness are influenced by three macro-level contextual factors: national affluence, climate risk, and gender equality. We find that ge…
Energy at work
Temporal variation in the relationship between environmental demands and well-being
The environmental efficiency of well-being
Organic Agriculture as Environmental Reform
Organic agriculture is a prime case for studying social processes of environmental reform. We empirically assess the environmental consequences of organic agriculture using cross-national data and find that greater area of organic agriculture land is associated with lower fertilizer consumption while larger average organic farm size is associated with higher fertilizer consumption. Then we investigate the cross-national factors influencing organi…
Household dynamics and fuelwood consumption in developing countries
Environmental Concern in Cross‐National Perspective
Objective This study assesses competing macro‐level explanations of national‐level environmental concern. Drawing on previous research, we test the effects of national affluence, environmental degradation, and world society integration on various dimensions of environmental concern. Method We utilize factor analysis to separate distinct dimensions of concern. Then, we estimate bivariate correlations using data from the latest (fifth) wave of the …
Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to population–environment research for sustainability aims
Could working less reduce pressures on the environment? A cross-national panel analysis of OECD countries, 1970–2007
Economic Growth and Climate Change
An important question in the literature on climate change and sustainability is the relation between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions. While the “green growth” paradigm dominates in the policy arena, a growing number of scholars in wealthy countries are questioning the feasibility of achieving required emissions reductions with continued economic growth. This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide e…
Energy at work
Temporal variation in the relationship between environmental demands and well-being
Public awareness and perception of climate change
Research on the extent and sources of international differences in climate change awareness and perception among general publics could improve understanding of the opportunities and challenges of formulating politically feasible and effective international climate policies. However, few studies have attempted to explain cross-national variation in climate change public opinion. This study builds on the relatively small body of existing research o…
Domestic Inequality and Carbon Emissions in Comparative Perspective
Drawing from multiple bodies of literature, the authors investigate the relationship between consumption‐based carbon emissions and domestic income inequality for 67 nations from 1991 to 2008. Results of two‐way fixed‐effects longitudinal models indicate that the relationship between national‐level emissions and inequality changes through time and varies for nations in different macroeconomic contexts. For high‐income nations, the relationship sh…
Wealth Inequality and Carbon Emissions in High-income Countries
This study contributes to the emerging literature on connections between climate change and economic inequality by investigating the relationship between domestic wealth inequality and consumption-based carbon emissions for 26 high-income countries from 2000 to 2010. Results of the two-way fixed effects longitudinal models indicate that the effect of wealth inequality, measured as the wealth share of the top decile, on per capita emissions in hig…
Explaining cross-national variation in the climate change concern gender gap
Highlights• Gender differences in climate change concern vary widely across countries.• More affluent countries tend to have larger gender gaps in climate change concern.• Gender equality was not significant but vulnerability reduced the gap in some models
Does Fossil Fuel Dependence Influence Public Awareness and Perception of Climate Change? A Cross-National Investigation
This study presents an empirical cross-national analysis of the influence of fossil fuel (or carbon) dependence on climate change public opinion using ordinary least squares and robust regression modeling of aggregate, national-level data from Gallup World Poll surveys conducted in 2010. These provide measures of public awareness, perceived risk, and perceived human cause of climate change among general publics in over 100 countries. Three measur…
Gender and climate change views in context
Women express statistically significantly greater climate change concern than men in a number of countries, but this gender gap is not universal around the world. We use multilevel models with cross-level interactions to analyze how the individual-level effects of gender on climate change concern and perceived seriousness are influenced by three macro-level contextual factors: national affluence, climate risk, and gender equality. We find that ge…
Economics (14 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Consumption (sociology (6 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Population (5 works)