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The health and welfare effects of environmental governance: Evidence from China.
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Environment international [Environ Int] 2024 Mar; Vol. 185, pp. 108579. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 15. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- 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.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-6750
- Volume :
- 185
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environment international
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38493736
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108579