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中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102312

Feng Huang , Haichun Ye , Jing Zhang

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Can higher education improve egalitarian gender role attitudes? Evidence from China 高等教育能否改善平等的性别角色态度？来自中国的证据

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102311

Lifang Zhang , Jiusheng Zhu

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Trade sanctions and Global Value Chains: A China–South Africa perspective 贸易制裁与全球价值链：中南视角

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中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102300

Randolph Luca Bruno , Maria Cipollina , Silvia Dal Bianco

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Present bias, mental budget constraint, and the payday consumption cycle 现在的偏见，心理预算约束，和发薪日消费周期

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102306

Yonghao Xu , Juanjuan Meng , Yu Zhang , Jeffrey Koo

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Digitalization and pollution: Evidence from South Africa 数字化与污染：南非的证据

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中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102266

Yueling Wei , Hongsheng Zhang , Zihan Zhao

{"title":"Digitalization and pollution: Evidence from South Africa","authors":"Yueling Wei , Hongsheng Zhang , Zihan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing on OECD Inter-Country Input-Output Database and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Embodied in International Trade Database from 2000 to 2018, this study measures the level of industrial digitalization of 44 industries in South Africa from the input side and empirically analyzes the effect of industrial digitalization on CO2 emissions. The results show that industrial digitalization significantly reduces the intensity of CO2 emissions in production. The effect of industrial digitalization on CO2 emissions exhibits more prominent for the tertiary industry and those industries with high digital skills. The digital inputs from foreign countries have a greater impact on CO2 emissions than domestic digital inputs. Industrial digitalization reduces CO2 emissions through two mechanisms: increasing productivity and optimizing the factor input structure. Furthermore, we compare South Africa with other four BRICS countries and find that significant emission reduction effects are observed through industrial digitalization in Brazil, South Africa and China. These findings carry important practical implications for industrial digital transformation and sustainable development in developing countries, particularly in promoting eco-friendly production and enhancing the quality of economic development in African nations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102266"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Can data elements enhance urban innovation? Evidence from China 数据要素能否促进城市创新？来自中国的证据

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102307

Changbiao Zhong , Chao Zhang

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Optimal taxation, differential mortality, and endogenous human capital accumulation in China 中国的最优税收、不同死亡率和内生人力资本积累

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102297

Ye Chen , Cagri S. Kumru , Yurui Zhang

{"title":"Optimal taxation, differential mortality, and endogenous human capital accumulation in China","authors":"Ye Chen , Cagri S. Kumru , Yurui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102297","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyzes the optimal tax combination using a model that incorporates differential mortality and human capital accumulation. We calculate the optimal combinations of the capital income tax, consumption tax, and progressive labor income tax rates for the Chinese economy under four different model settings: a standard life-cycle model without human capital accumulation (NHC), an NHC model with differential mortality (NHC+DM), a life-cycle model with human capital accumulation (HC), and an HC model with differential mortality (HC+DM). Our results of implementing the optimal capital income tax rates in the Chinese economy are 8.1%, 7.9%, 2.6%, and 15.4%, respectively. The optimal labor income tax includes a 41.6% marginal tax rate with a 98,010 yuan fixed deduction, a 21.0% marginal tax rate with a 97,253 yuan deduction, a 3.1% marginal tax rate with a 96,225 yuan deduction, and an 18.5% marginal tax rate with a 97,535 yuan deduction, respectively. In a nutshell, we find that the optimal tax bundles under each model are different for China. It would be better to incorporate both human capital accumulation and differential mortality for a more comprehensive model for optimal taxation analysis in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102297"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dual effects of automation on economy and environment: Evidence from A-share listed enterprises in China 自动化对经济和环境的双重影响：来自中国 A 股上市企业的证据

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中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102308

Zhenhua Zhang , Yunpeng Zhang , Huangbin Wu , Shunfeng Song , Yuxi Pan , Yanchao Feng

{"title":"Dual effects of automation on economy and environment: Evidence from A-share listed enterprises in China","authors":"Zhenhua Zhang , Yunpeng Zhang , Huangbin Wu , Shunfeng Song , Yuxi Pan , Yanchao Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The “technology dividend” brought by the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can optimize the allocation of resource within enterprises, provide a new model for enterprises to achieve sustainable development, and create a new power source for enterprise economic development and pollution reduction. Although the advantages and disadvantages of AI have been widely discussed, few studies have explored whether it can play the dual effects on economy and environment from the perspective of enterprises. Considering the difficulty of measuring AI indicators, this paper attempts to explore the impact of automation, as a key underlying technology of AI, on enterprise economic performance and environmental performance, and rationally infer the dual impact of AI. We use panel data from China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2021 to reveal the dual effects of automation. The benchmark regression results show that automation can boost both enterprise economic and environmental performance. The result is still credible after a series of robustness tests and causal identification. Moreover, we find that the economic performance is stronger in non-heavily polluted enterprises. The dual effects of automation are more significant in areas with low environmental regulations and areas with high levels of industrial digitalization and digital industrialization. The mechanism analysis results show that automation can play the dual effects through the cost-effectiveness channel, the capital-labor substitution channel, and the energy-saving and emission reduction channel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102308"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The paradox of decelerated technology importation and accelerated innovation in China: Insights from national technology development zones 中国技术引进减速与创新加速的悖论：国家技术开发区的启示

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102303

Wenyin Cheng , Bo Meng , Yuning Gao , David Dollar

{"title":"The paradox of decelerated technology importation and accelerated innovation in China: Insights from national technology development zones","authors":"Wenyin Cheng , Bo Meng , Yuning Gao , David Dollar","doi":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102303","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102303","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although technology importation has traditionally been viewed as the main pathway for innovation catch-up in developing countries, a paradox has emerged in China following the 2008 financial crisis: innovation boom amidst a slowdown in technology importation. To unravel this paradox, using firm-level data, we delve into the promotional and distortive effect of National Technology Development Zones (NTZs) on innovation. We documented a promotional effect of NTZs on local firm innovation measured by both patent quantity and quality from 1995 to 2013, and observed a post-crisis distortive effect on patent quality. Drawing from technological learning theories, we further explored the underlying mechanisms—autonomous development and technology importation—which both contributed to the promotional effect. Concerning the distortive effect, both mechanisms are contributing factors, with technology importation having a more pronounced negative effect. Furthermore, creative capacity of autonomous development and tangible technology importation are more significantly associated with this negative impact compared to their counterparts (absorptive capacity and intangible technology importation). Our study sheds new light on the innovation progress of China against the backdrop of escalating technology protectionism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48285,"journal":{"name":"中国经济评论","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102303"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effects of monthly minimum wages on the labor market 月最低工资对劳动力市场的影响

IF 5.2 1区经济学

中国经济评论 Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102310

Zhengxiong Yang , Mingwei Liu , Shiwei Zhang , Chenxi Yin

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