The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China
Environmental regulations aim to reduce pollution and improve air quality and the health of residents. However, there is a lack of research focusing on the health and welfare effects of low-carbon city pilot policies. In this context, this study takes China’s low-carbon city pilot policy as an entry...
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| author | Chan Wang Lianggui Liao Xue-mei Zhang Lu-tong Lin Bin Chen |
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| description | Environmental regulations aim to reduce pollution and improve air quality and the health of residents. However, there is a lack of research focusing on the health and welfare effects of low-carbon city pilot policies. In this context, this study takes China’s low-carbon city pilot policy as an entry point, focuses on the health effects of public environmental governance, and systematically investigates the effects and mechanisms of low-carbon city development on the health of middle-aged and elderly people by applying the difference-in-differences method. The study finds that low-carbon city (LCC) policy significantly improves the physical and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people, and the main transmission mechanism is the reduction in air pollution and improvement in social capital. These results hold following a series of robustness tests. Furthermore, low-carbon city construction can reduce hospitalization and outpatient costs for people over 45 years old by up to 3 % and 15.5 %, respectively. The findings of this study provide useful policy insights for ensuring sustainable improvement in environmental quality and public health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2268970a5b21460fa9bd7e8643ffc39f2024-03-23T06:22:26ZengElsevierEnvironment International0160-41202024-03-01185108579The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from ChinaChan Wang0Lianggui Liao1Xue-mei Zhang2Lu-tong Lin3Bin Chen4School of Economics, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSchool of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Corresponding author.School of Economics, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSchool of Economics, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaEnvironmental regulations aim to reduce pollution and improve air quality and the health of residents. However, there is a lack of research focusing on the health and welfare effects of low-carbon city pilot policies. In this context, this study takes China’s low-carbon city pilot policy as an entry point, focuses on the health effects of public environmental governance, and systematically investigates the effects and mechanisms of low-carbon city development on the health of middle-aged and elderly people by applying the difference-in-differences method. The study finds that low-carbon city (LCC) policy significantly improves the physical and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people, and the main transmission mechanism is the reduction in air pollution and improvement in social capital. These results hold following a series of robustness tests. Furthermore, low-carbon city construction can reduce hospitalization and outpatient costs for people over 45 years old by up to 3 % and 15.5 %, respectively. The findings of this study provide useful policy insights for ensuring sustainable improvement in environmental quality and public health.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202400165XLow-carbon cityPhysical healthMental healthSocial capitalDifference-in-differences |
| spellingShingle | Chan Wang Lianggui Liao Xue-mei Zhang Lu-tong Lin Bin Chen The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China Environment International Low-carbon city Physical health Mental health Social capital Difference-in-differences |
| title | The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China |
| title_full | The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China |
| title_short | The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China |
| title_sort | health and welfare effects of environmental governance evidence from china |
| topic | Low-carbon city Physical health Mental health Social capital Difference-in-differences |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202400165X |
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