The conservation of environmental resources and unemployment -analysis in an open econmoy-

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730217
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Nara Prefectual University
Principal Investigator	SAITO Muneyuki 奈良県立大学, 地域創造学部, 准教授 (00547250)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	国際貿易 / 環境資源 / 失業 / 労働移動 / 環境 / trade policy / renewable resource / unemployment / labor migration / 応用経済 / 経済理論 / 国際経済
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research shows the impacts of export restriction, environmental policy, domestic policy on unemployment and the environment. We obtain the following main results. In the short-run the export tax on the resource good increases the unemployment rate and reduces welfare. In the long-run it may reduce unemployment rate. On the other hand, the afforestation policy may reduce the unemployment rate and improve the quality of the environment. We show that it may resolve the trade-off between unemployment and the quality of the environment.