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Whether environmental governance will cause unemployment has always been an aspect that the government needs to pay attention to in the process of making environmental policies, and is also a concern of residents. This paper analyzes the policy effect of environmental courts, which is a very important policy tool for the legalization of China’s environmental governance. While investigating whether environmental courts can effectively improve environmental quality, we also analyze its possible impact on employment and the specific mechanisms. The results show that: (1) After the establishment of environmental courts, the PM2.5 concentration has been significantly reduced. (2) While improving the environmental quality, environmental courts will produce a weak employment promotion effect. (3) Environmental courts affect the amount of employment through cost effect, factor substitution effect and innovation effect. This study provides empirical evidence for China and other developing countries to promote the legalization of environmental governance.
Ling-Yun He; Xiao-Feng Qi. Environmental Courts, Environment and Employment: Evidence from China. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6248 .
AMA StyleLing-Yun He, Xiao-Feng Qi. Environmental Courts, Environment and Employment: Evidence from China. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6248.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLing-Yun He; Xiao-Feng Qi. 2021. "Environmental Courts, Environment and Employment: Evidence from China." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6248.
Developing countries face the conflict between economic development and environmental protection. Resource misallocation will not only affect the effectiveness of economic development, but also have environmental impacts. Based on two large-scale enterprise databases in China, this paper measured the level of enterprise resource allocation, and further used empirical research methods to investigate the environmental impact of enterprise resource misallocation and specific mechanisms. The results show that the low efficiency of resource allocation will harm the quality of China’s environment. Further investigation, resource misallocation is accompanied by an increase in total energy input, a decrease in the labor-to-energy ratio and the capital-to-energy ratio, and a loss of energy efficiency, which in turn affects the environmental performance of enterprises. China is the largest developing country in the world, and research on China’s environmental and economic issues is important. The conclusions of this paper can provide experience and suggestions for other developing countries to improve environmental quality and promote sustainable development from the perspective of resource misallocation.
Ling-Yun He; Xiao-Feng Qi. Resource Misallocation and Energy-Related Pollution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 5158 .
AMA StyleLing-Yun He, Xiao-Feng Qi. Resource Misallocation and Energy-Related Pollution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (10):5158.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLing-Yun He; Xiao-Feng Qi. 2021. "Resource Misallocation and Energy-Related Pollution." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10: 5158.