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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsComparative Politics/Intern
 ational RelationspresentAmanda Clayton Assistant Professor\nVanderbilt Uni
 versityGender differences in concern about climate\nchange are highly corr
 elated with economic development: when countries are\nwealthier\, a gap em
 erges whereby women are more likely than men to express\nconcern about our
  changing climate. These differences stem from cross-national\nvariation i
 n men’s attitudes. Men\, more than women\, tend to be less concerned\nabou
 t climate change when countries are wealthier. We develop a new theory\nab
 out the perceived costs and benefits of climate mitigation policy to expla
 in\nthe pattern. At the country level\, the perceived benefits of mitigati
 on tend to\ndecrease with economic development\, while the perceived costs
  increase. At the\nindividual level\, the perceived costs of mitigation te
 nd to increase with economic\ndevelopment for men more than for women. Evi
 dence from existing surveys in\nmultiple world regions\, an original ten-c
 ountry survey in the Americas and\nEurope\, and focus groups in Peru and t
 he United States support our theory. Our\nfindings bridge scholarship on g
 ender\, masculinity\, and foreign economic policy\npreferences to uncover 
 new correlates of public attitudes towards climate\nchange.\nAmanda Clayto
 n&nbsp\;is an Assistant Professor in the Department of\nPolitical Science 
 at Vanderbilt University. She studies representation\, with a\nfocus on ge
 nder and politics and a regional concentration in southern Africa.\nShe al
 so has an active interest in gender and climate change.&nbsp\;Her work has
 \nappeared in the American Political Science Review\, American Journal of\
 nPolitical Science\,&nbsp\;Journal of Politics\, and&nbsp\;International\n
 Organization&nbsp\;among other outlets. She has consulted for the World Ba
 nk\,\nUSAID\, and the OECD. Dr. Clayton is a founding member of the Empiri
 cal Study of\nGender (EGEN) Research Group and an active member of EGAP.Fo
 r more information\, contact Simon Weschle\, swweschl@syr.edu. For accessi
 bility accommodations\, please contact Juanita Horan\,&nbsp\;jmhoran@syr.e
 du \n\n
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SUMMARY:Amanda Clayton: Facing Change: Gender and Climate Change Attitudes 
 Worldwide
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs<br></p
 ><p>Comparative Politics/International Relations<br></p><p><br></p><p>pres
 ent</p><p><br></p><p><b>Amanda Clayton</b></p><p> Assistant Professor<br>\
 nVanderbilt University</p><p><br></p><p>Gender differences in concern abou
 t climate\nchange are highly correlated with economic development: when co
 untries are\nwealthier\, a gap emerges whereby women are more likely than 
 men to express\nconcern about our changing climate. These differences stem
  from cross-national\nvariation in men’s attitudes. Men\, more than women\
 , tend to be less concerned\nabout climate change when countries are wealt
 hier. We develop a new theory\nabout the perceived costs and benefits of c
 limate mitigation policy to explain\nthe pattern. At the country level\, t
 he perceived benefits of mitigation tend to\ndecrease with economic develo
 pment\, while the perceived costs increase. At the\nindividual level\, the
  perceived costs of mitigation tend to increase with economic\ndevelopment
  for men more than for women. Evidence from existing surveys in\nmultiple 
 world regions\, an original ten-country survey in the Americas and\nEurope
 \, and focus groups in Peru and the United States support our theory. Our\
 nfindings bridge scholarship on gender\, masculinity\, and foreign economi
 c policy\npreferences to uncover new correlates of public attitudes toward
 s climate\nchange.<br>\n</p><p><br></p><p><b>Amanda Clayton</b>&nbsp\;is a
 n Assistant Professor in the Department of\nPolitical Science at Vanderbil
 t University. She studies representation\, with a\nfocus on gender and pol
 itics and a regional concentration in southern Africa.\nShe also has an ac
 tive interest in gender and climate change.&nbsp\;Her work has\nappeared i
 n the American Political Science Review\, American Journal of\nPolitical S
 cience\,&nbsp\;Journal of Politics\, and&nbsp\;International\nOrganization
 &nbsp\;among other outlets. She has consulted for the World Bank\,\nUSAID\
 , and the OECD. Dr. Clayton is a founding member of the Empirical Study of
 \nGender (EGEN) Research Group and an active member of EGAP.</p><p><br></p
 ><p>For more information\, contact Simon Weschle\, <a href="mailto:swwesch
 l@syr.edu">swweschl@syr.edu</a>. For accessibility accommodations\, please
  contact Juanita Horan\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:jmhoran@syr.edu">jmhoran@sy
 r.edu</a> <br>\n<br>\n</p>
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