This study estimates regional economic resilience in China from 2000 to 2022, focusing on economic resistance resilience, recovery resilience, and reorientation resilience. The entropy method, kernel density estimation, and spatial Durbin model are applied to examine the spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors. The results show significant spatial clustering, with stronger resilience in the east and weaker resilience in the west. While economic resilience has generally improved, regional disparities persist. Key factors such as human capital, urban hospitals, financial development, market consumption, and environmental quality have a positive effect on resilience, with spatial spillover effects. However, human capital and urban hospitals also show a negative indirect impact on surrounding regions. The influence of these factors varies across regions and periods, indicating strong spatiotemporal heterogeneity.

Climate risks are increasingly shaping corporate strategies, raising important considerations for sustainability. This study explores the impact of climate risks on the shadow banking activities of non-financial firms, examining how these risks influence sustainable financial practices. Analyzing a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2010 to 2022, this study finds that climate risks are negatively associated with shadow banking activities, reflecting a shift towards more sustainable financial management. This finding remains robust through various robustness checks and tests for endogeneity. Heterogeneity results indicate that the reduction in shadow activities due to climate risks is more pronounced in firms with higher dependence on external financing and weaker profitability. Mechanism results suggest that climate risks amplify cross-sectional risks for firms, increasing risk sources. Simultaneously, companies enhance their preference for holding cash to address potential risks. The combined effect of these factors leads to a decrease in shadow banking activities among non-financial firms, aligning with a shift towards sustainability. This study provides new insights into understanding how climate risks drive sustainable financial decision-making and enriches the research on the determinants of firm financialization.

The increasing use of online media is transforming the world, and social participation is no exception. Therefore, it is essential to explore how online media affect social participation through which paths. This study uses the structural equation modeling method to investigate the mediation role of social trust in the relationship between online media use and social participation. The study found that general trust plays a mediation role, while specific trust does not. General trust mediates the relationship between online media use and social participation to a certain extent.

The article presents a comprehensive examination of the relationship between regional disparities and life satisfaction of female social workers, utilizing the 2019 China Social Work Longitudinal Study (CSWLS). Variations in social work development throughout China stem from systemic factors, including state economic policies, the structural gap between urban and rural areas, and uneven regional growth patterns. It investigates how regional disparities, as a geographical variable, contribute to this phenomenon. The current research reveals that life satisfaction exhibits regional heterogeneity, which is often obscured by a ‘one-size-fits-all’ research paradigm.

Veteran social reintegration is a growing policy concern, yet existing research has focused mainly on institutional support while giving less attention to veterans’ psychological and social resources. Using 2023 survey data from veterans in nine Chinese provinces, this study examines the association between military identity and employment stability. Ordered logit and multinomial logit models are employed, together with a conditional mixed process model, to partially alleviate endogeneity concerns. The results show that stronger military identity is significantly associated with a higher likelihood of stable employment. Mechanism analyses indicate that military identity is linked to more positive future outlooks, stronger perceived transferability of military-acquired skills, and more active comrade network maintenance, which are also associated with employment stability. Heterogeneity analyses show that the association is stronger among rural veterans, those without resettlement benefits, and younger cohorts. The findings highlight identity-based career resources as an important dimension of veteran employment support.