Can environmental regulation solve pollution problems? Theoretical model and empirical research based on the skill premium

被引：136
作者：
Wang, Ailun [1 ]
Hu, Shuo [1 ]
Lin, Boqiang [2 ]
机构：
[1] Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Chengdu 611130, Peoples R China
[2] Xiamen Univ, China Inst Studies Energy Policy, Sch Management, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Energy Econ & Energy Polic, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, Peoples R China
来源：
ENERGY ECONOMICS | 2021年 / 94卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Environmental regulation; Skill premium; Environmental pollution; Nested dixit-Stiglitz model; Mediating effect;
D O I：
10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105068
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
As the most populous country with huge fossil energy consumption, China's employment and environmental problems have attracted worldwide attention. This paper contributes to the existing research by measuring both employment and environmental problems using a two-layer nested dixit-Stiglitz model and taking the skill premium as a mediator to analyze the direct and indirect effects of environmental regulation on environmental pollution. It is found that: (1) the impact of environmental regulation on the skill premium is U-shaped. (2) the impact of environmental regulation on environmental pollution is inverted U-shaped, and the indirect effect through skill premium is significantly negative. (3) the environmental regulations in most parts of China have not reached the level of promoting skill premium and reducing environmental pollution for most of the time. (4) China's skill premium can play a better role in reducing emissions in places with high-coal consumption (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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