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Family Life Cycle and Deforestation in Amazonia: Combining Remotely Sensed Information with Primary DataThis paper examines the relationships between the socio-demographic characteristics of small settlers in the Brazilian Amazon and the life cycle hypothesis in the process of deforestation. The analysis was conducted combining remote sensing and geographic data with primary data of 153 small settlers along the TransAmazon Highway. Regression analyses and spatial autocorrelation tests were conducted. The results from the empirical model indicate that socio-demographic characteristics of households as well as institutional and market factors, affect the land use decision. Although remotely sensed information is not very popular among Brazilian social scientists, these results confirm that they can be very useful for this kind of study. Furthermore, the research presented by this paper strongly indicates that family and socio-demographic data, as well as market data, may result in misspecification problems. The same applies to models that do not incorporate spatial analysis.
Document ID
20080017107
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Caldas, M.
(Michigan State Univ. East Lansing, MI, United States)
Walker, R. T.
(Michigan State Univ. East Lansing, MI, United States)
Shirota, R.
Perz, S.
Skole, D.
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: Revista Brasleira de Economia [Brazilian Economy Review]
Volume: 54
Issue: 4
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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