Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Po Yin Wong
Author-X-Name-First: Po Yin
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong
Author-Email: po.wong@qmul.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London.
Author-Name: Karlygash Kuralbayeva
Author-X-Name-First: Karlygash
Author-X-Name-Last: Kuralbayeva
Author-Email: karlygash.kuralbayeva@kcl.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: King's College London
Author-Name: Liana O. Anderson	
Author-X-Name-First: Liana
Author-X-Name-Last: Anderson
Author-Email: liana.anderson@cemaden.gov.br
Author-Workplace-Name: National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN)
Author-Name: Ana M. Pessoa
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Pessoa
Author-Email: ana.pessoa@inpe.br
Author-Workplace-Name: National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Author-Name: Torfinn Harding
Author-X-Name-First: Torfinn
Author-X-Name-Last:Harding 
Author-Email: torfinn.harding@uis.no
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Stavanger Business School
Title: Individual Pay for Collective Performance and Deforestation: Evidence from Brazil
Abstract: We study Brazil's Bolsa Verde program, which pays extremely poor households for
implementing sustainable activities and maintaining forest cover at the communal
level. Using difference-in-differences, we find that the program keeps deforestation
22% lower inside treated areas compared to similar untreated areas. The estimated
program benefits in terms of emissions reductions are about four times the program
costs. Heterogeneous effects across property types suggest that the program
provides protection against deforestation pressure from groups other than program
recipients. Data on fines and satellite-based alarms point to monitoring and reporting
as a mechanism through which the program reduces illegal deforestation.
Length: 81 pages
Creation-Date: 2023-02
Revision-Date: 
Publication-Status: 
Classification-JEL: I38, O13, Q23, Q28, Q56
Keywords: Deforestation, Poverty, Conservation, Evaluation, Brazil
File-URL: http://cgr.sbm.qmul.ac.uk/CGRWP110.pdf
Number: 110
Handle: RePEc:cgs:wpaper:110