How does environmental quality perception influence people's fertility intention? Evidence from China

IF 1.2 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Jiaping Zhang, Xiaomei Gong
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Abstract

The ongoing population aging and few children are major challenges for human sustainable development in the 21st century. While the external environment is a crucial factor determining people's behaviour, the potential effects of subjective environmental quality on an individual's fertility decision-making remain poorly understood. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey, this research has examined the relationship between environmental quality perception and fertility intention in China. Results reveal that an increase in environmental quality perception can significantly promote people's fertility intention. Our study proposes and verifies two pathways through which environmental quality perception affects fertility intention, namely, well-being and future expectation. This facilitating effect is greater for people with poor socio-economic conditions. The findings indicate that policymakers should coordinate environmental protection and population policies to promote sustainable development and design various tools targeted based on people's socio-economic background.

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环境质量感知如何影响人们的生育意愿?来自中国的证据
人口老龄化和儿童少是21世纪人类可持续发展面临的重大挑战。虽然外部环境是决定人们行为的一个关键因素,但主观环境质量对个人生育决策的潜在影响仍然知之甚少。本研究利用中国综合社会调查的数据,考察了中国环境质量感知与生育意愿之间的关系。结果表明,环境质量感知的提高可以显著促进人们的生育意愿。我们的研究提出并验证了环境质量感知影响生育意愿的两条途径,即幸福感和未来预期。对于社会经济条件差的人来说,这种促进作用更大。研究结果表明,决策者应协调环境保护和人口政策,以促进可持续发展,并根据人们的社会经济背景设计各种有针对性的工具。
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期刊介绍: Australian Economic Papers publishes innovative and thought provoking contributions that extend the frontiers of the subject, written by leading international economists in theoretical, empirical and policy economics. Australian Economic Papers is a forum for debate between theorists, econometricians and policy analysts and covers an exceptionally wide range of topics on all the major fields of economics as well as: theoretical and empirical industrial organisation, theoretical and empirical labour economics and, macro and micro policy analysis.
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