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Does environmental regulation lessen health risks? Evidence from Chinese cities
Qingqing Xu1, Liyun Wang1, Hanxue Hou1
1School of Economics, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Introduction:
Atmospheric pollution is a severe problem confronting the world today, endangering not only natural ecosystem equilibrium but also human life and health. As a result, governments have enacted environmental regulations to minimize pollutant emissions, enhance air quality and protect public health. In this setting, it is critical to explore the health implications of environmental regulation.
Methods:
Based on city panel data from 2009 to 2020, the influence of environmental regulatory intensity on health risks in China is examined in this study.
Results:
It is discovered that enhanced environmental regulation significantly reduces health risks in cities, with each 1-unit increase in the degree of environmental regulation lowering the total number of local premature deaths from stroke, ischemic heart disease, and lung cancer by approximately 15.4%, a finding that remains true after multiple robustness tests. Furthermore, advances in science and technology are shown to boost the health benefits from environmental regulation. We also discover that inland cities, southern cities, and non-low-carbon pilot cities benefit more from environmental regulation.
Discussion:
The results of this research can serve as a theoretical and empirical foundation for comprehending the social welfare consequences of environmental regulation and for guiding environmental regulation decision-making.
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