Polling consistently shows that the USA is significantly polarized on the issue of climate change. Economic outlook and gender are frequently identified as two sources of this variation, as Americans often view the climate change issue as a tradeoff between economic and environmental risk, and women tend to express more concern than men about this issue. Much of the existing literature links the two by focusing on the role of economic outlook and worldview differences between genders to explain this gender gap. In short, economic concern overrides environmental concern, and males are more sensitive to economic concern, even with appropriate socioeconomic controls. However, little research has empirically investigated this interplay between gender and economic outlook. Using a large sample survey, this study investigates the relationships between economic outlook, gender, and support for climate change mitigation strategies. Findings suggest that economic outlook has a significant effect, and that it moderates gender effects. We find large gender effects among those who feel most economically vulnerable, but these differences dissipate as economic outlook improves.

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经济前景和气候变化态度的性别差距

民意调查一致表明，美国在气候变化问题上明显两极分化。经济前景和性别经常被认为是这种差异的两个来源，因为美国人通常将气候变化问题视为经济和环境风险之间的权衡，而女性往往比男性更关心这个问题。许多现有文献通过关注经济前景和性别之间的世界观差异的作用来解释这种性别差距，从而将两者联系起来。简而言之，经济关注高于环境关注，男性对经济关注更敏感，即使有适当的社会经济控制。然而，很少有研究对性别与经济前景之间的这种相互作用进行实证调查。通过大样本调查，这项研究调查了经济前景、性别和对减缓气候变化战略的支持之间的关系。调查结果表明，经济前景具有显着影响，并且可以缓和性别影响。我们发现那些感觉经济上最脆弱的人有很大的性别影响，但随着经济前景的改善，这些差异会消失。