|
|||||
|
|
Social impact evaluation of the US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
|
| Authors: | James Poppitti Thomas Dietz |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, George Washington University, 20052, Washington, DC 2. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, 22030, Fairfax, Virginia 3. Graduate Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, George Washington University, 20052, Washington, DC |
| Abstract: | Debate over environmental policy often focuses on social impacts of those policies, but few empirical studies examine the impacts of environmental regulations once they are implemented. A quasi-experimental design based on survey data is used to assess the social impacts of the US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) on the West Virginia chemical industry. Changes in employment, manufacturing process, product line, and manufacturing costs are evaluated. RCRA seems to have produced changes in manufacturing processes, but we find no statistically significant impacts on.jobs, product line, or manufacturing costs. |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ | |