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The effect of directed technical change on carbon dioxide emissions: evidence from China's industrial sector at the provincial level.
- Source :
- Natural Hazards; Jul2021, Vol. 107 Issue 3, p2463-2486, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Technical change has a pivotal role to play in low-carbon development. Recent research has offered different insights regarding the effect of technical change on CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions but ignored the bias of technical changes which lead to changes in CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions. To fill the gap, this paper uses the 2008 to 2015 provincial-level data on China's 22 industrial sub-sectors to investigate both the effect of directed technical change on CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions and its heterogeneity. We find that the technical change in most industrial sectors in China was capital-biased, although a labor-biased trend was evident. Labor-biased technical change is conducive to CO<subscript>2</subscript> reduction, while capital-biased technical change has the opposite effect. Moreover, this effect is different by developmental periods, industries, and regions. Therefore, we propose that the government promotes labor-biased technical change based on the differentiated characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CARBON emissions
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0921030X
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Natural Hazards
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151387204
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04437-3