Environmental regulation, local labor market, and skill heterogeneity

IF 3.5 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Regional Science and Urban Economics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2023.103898

Ying Chen

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation on the local labor markets by exploiting China’s first air pollution regulation as a natural experiment. The identification strategy uses a novel instrumental variable based on engineering considerations related to coal-burning activities. The analysis shows that the pollution regulation has led to employment decline in the targeted prefectures and sectors, mainly through the channel of firm exits. Furthermore, detailed census data with worker characteristics are used to examine the skill heterogeneity and the regulation-induced spatial transition costs.

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环境规制、地方劳动力市场与技能异质性

本文以中国第一部空气污染法规为自然实验，考察了环境监管对当地劳动力市场的影响。识别策略使用了一个新的工具变量，该变量基于与燃煤活动相关的工程考虑。分析表明，污染管制主要通过企业退出渠道，导致目标地区和行业的就业率下降。此外，使用具有工人特征的详细人口普查数据来检验技能异质性和监管诱导的空间转换成本。

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Regional Science and Urban Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

9.70%

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期刊介绍： Regional Science and Urban Economics facilitates and encourages high-quality scholarship on important issues in regional and urban economics. It publishes significant contributions that are theoretical or empirical, positive or normative. It solicits original papers with a spatial dimension that can be of interest to economists. Empirical papers studying causal mechanisms are expected to propose a convincing identification strategy.