Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China
Background: Environmental pollution seriously damages not only the ecosystem but also the well-being of residents. There is an association between air pollution and residential health expenditures. The aim of this study was to identify the association between pollution control and residents’ health...
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| author | Yuhui DAI Zhidong TAN Jianhua TAN Lina YAN |
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| description | Background: Environmental pollution seriously damages not only the ecosystem but also the well-being of residents. There is an association between air pollution and residential health expenditures. The aim of this study was to identify the association between pollution control and residents’ health expenditures.
Methods: Using the pilot project of the regional cooperative pollution control in 28 cities required by the Chinese government as the quasi-natural experiment setting and the panel data of residents’ health expenditures in China from 2014 to 2017, the impact of pollution control on residents’ health expenditures was systematically explored through difference-in-difference approach.
Results: Air quality of the 28 cities that adopted the regional cooperative pollution control policy improves significantly, thus indicating that this policy effectively solves the self-interest issue of local governments in pollution control, and residents’ health expenditures consequently decrease.
Conclusion: This study enriches the paradigm that analyzes the relationship between air pollution and residents’ health expenditures and reveals the mechanism through which the regional cooperative pollution control reduces residents’ health expenditures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90dbaa1dc8da4f1688c1770feb4d6e042022-12-22T04:18:19ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932019-06-0148610.18502/ijph.v48i6.2900Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from ChinaYuhui DAI0Zhidong TAN1Jianhua TAN2Lina YAN3Accounting School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China AND Dongfang College, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Haining, ChinaAccounting School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaAccounting School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaAccounting School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaBackground: Environmental pollution seriously damages not only the ecosystem but also the well-being of residents. There is an association between air pollution and residential health expenditures. The aim of this study was to identify the association between pollution control and residents’ health expenditures. Methods: Using the pilot project of the regional cooperative pollution control in 28 cities required by the Chinese government as the quasi-natural experiment setting and the panel data of residents’ health expenditures in China from 2014 to 2017, the impact of pollution control on residents’ health expenditures was systematically explored through difference-in-difference approach. Results: Air quality of the 28 cities that adopted the regional cooperative pollution control policy improves significantly, thus indicating that this policy effectively solves the self-interest issue of local governments in pollution control, and residents’ health expenditures consequently decrease. Conclusion: This study enriches the paradigm that analyzes the relationship between air pollution and residents’ health expenditures and reveals the mechanism through which the regional cooperative pollution control reduces residents’ health expenditures.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/17339Air pollutionResidents’ health expendituresRegional cooperative pollution control |
| spellingShingle | Yuhui DAI Zhidong TAN Jianhua TAN Lina YAN Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China Iranian Journal of Public Health Air pollution Residents’ health expenditures Regional cooperative pollution control |
| title | Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China |
| title_full | Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China |
| title_short | Regional Cooperative Pollution Control and Residents’ Health Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from China |
| title_sort | regional cooperative pollution control and residents health expenditures empirical evidence from china |
| topic | Air pollution Residents’ health expenditures Regional cooperative pollution control |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/17339 |
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