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The effect of low-carbon city pilot policy on public health: An empirical analysis of adult health in China

IF 7.9 2区经济学

Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.039

Hongwen Chen , Jie Dian , Sihan Fan , Ying Fang

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Economic impact and policies for the obesity pandemic in emerging economies

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.009

Carlos J. García

{"title":"Economic impact and policies for the obesity pandemic in emerging economies","authors":"Carlos J. García","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A complementary methodology to traditional econometric analysis is proposed to estimate the economic impact of healthy eating and to evaluate policies against the obesity pandemic in emerging countries. The impact of healthy eating is quantified with a structural model based on stylized facts to define preferences, the relationship between disease and obesity, and agents’ perception of healthy eating. To illustrate the methodology, the model is estimated with Bayesian econometrics for a representative emerging country (Chile). The methodology is complementary to other alternatives, contributing to quantify the second-round benefits of food programs and public policies. Thus, to the extent that evaluation programs indicate that one or another alternative is beneficial, our proposal will show how these benefits are transferred to the entire economy and its productivity. This helps to add another criterion to classify the different policies, reinforcing the design and debate of public policies in this area and, also, with other matters of public interest. The results indicate that an emerging economy may be foregoing a substantial part of its growth if the obesity pandemic is not adequately addressed with policies that change agents’ behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"85 ","pages":"Pages 1949-1970"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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National river conservation plan and water pollutants in India

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.031

Apra Sinha , Ashish Kumar Sedai

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The good, the bad: How digital technology shapes welfare for formal and flexible workers?

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.037

Su Zhang , Yan Xia , Huijuan Wang , Jiaofeng Pan

{"title":"The good, the bad: How digital technology shapes welfare for formal and flexible workers?","authors":"Su Zhang , Yan Xia , Huijuan Wang , Jiaofeng Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital technology has a profound impact on China's labor market. How does the welfare inequality between formal and flexible workers change under the influence of digital technology? In this paper, theoretical and empirical studies are carried out respectively. In theory, the welfare effect of individual dimension is considered based on building a general equilibrium model including market production sector and household production sector; In the empirical aspect, the pooled four-wave data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2014 to 2020 are used to test the effects of digital technology on the welfare inequality between the formal and flexible workers. The findings reveal that digital technology widens wage disparity and non-wage benefit inequality between formal and flexible workers. Sectoral analysis indicates that digital technology significantly increases wage disparity in high-digitalization sectors, while non-wage benefit inequality is primarily exacerbated in low-digitalization sectors. Mechanism analysis demonstrates that the substitution effect and productivity effect negatively impact wage disparity, whereas the creation effect and the flexibility of flexible workers mitigate it. Regarding non-wage benefit inequality, digital skill gaps caused by digital technology exacerbate inequality, while legal efficiency and regulatory quality help alleviate it. In addition, the wage disparity and non-wage benefits inequality between the formal and flexible workers caused by digital technology are significantly different in different education levels, gender, time and regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"85 ","pages":"Pages 2007-2029"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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 impact of increasing labour market rigidity on employment growth in OECD countries

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.010

Rasmus Wiese , João Tovar Jalles , Jakob de Haan

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Sunrise, sunset, and adverse effects of the inflexible schedule on the health of students: Evidence from China

IF 7.9 2区经济学

Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.001

Zhicheng Xu, Qingqi Zhao

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Consumer preference for fresh produce: Does the biological control influence their choices?

IF 7.9 2区经济学

Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.040

Zhenzhen Liu , Xianhui Geng , Zhifeng Gao , Jingqiu Zhang

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Editor's Note

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.036

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Impact of countercyclical fiscal policy on total factor productivity in state-owned enterprises: A corporate governance perspective

IF 7.9 2区经济学

Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.032

Wenyin Cheng , Shenglong Liu , Bo Meng , Yuning Gao

{"title":"Impact of countercyclical fiscal policy on total factor productivity in state-owned enterprises: A corporate governance perspective","authors":"Wenyin Cheng , Shenglong Liu , Bo Meng , Yuning Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of the countercyclical fiscal policy (CFP) on short-term economic recovery has been extensively studied. Yet, little is known about how it affects total factor productivity (TFP), a determinant of long-term growth. Utilizing unique data on government-approved projects in China and a semi-parametric difference-in-differences approach, we observe an <span>l</span>-shaped negative impact of CFP on TFP in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly local ones. The decline in TFP growth was manifested in slower technological progress and increased resource misallocation, especially in dynamic rather than static allocation. The social burdens placed on SOEs, evident in employment missions and high leverage ratios, drive mission-oriented behaviors during the implementation of CFP, resulting in a decline in TFP growth. Additionally, the principal-agent problems within SOEs, reflected by agency costs and exacerbated by institutional challenges like limited fiscal transparency and corruption, further intensify the negative impact. These highlight the importance of strengthening corporate governance of SOEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"85 ","pages":"Pages 1916-1930"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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 impact of foreign divestment on Chinese firms' DVAR in exports

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Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.024

Ran Xiong , Hui Zhang , Chengcheng Zhang

{"title":"The impact of foreign divestment on Chinese firms' DVAR in exports","authors":"Ran Xiong , Hui Zhang , Chengcheng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.02.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multinational corporations' divestments are an important but underexplored phenomenon. This paper examines the impact of foreign divestment on the export domestic value-added ratio (DVAR) of Chinese firms. Utilizing data from the Chinese Annual Survey of Industrial Enterprises from 2011 to 2015, we employ a combination of the difference-in-differences method and propensity score matching to investigate the own-plant-effect of divestment on the export DVAR of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs). Our analysis leads to several conclusions. Firstly, foreign divestment significantly negatively impacts the FIEs' export DVAR. Secondly, non-Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan (HMT) foreign firms, eastern region firms, processing trade firms, and labor-intensive firms are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of foreign divestment. Thirdly, the decline in FIEs' export DVAR post-divestment as a consequence of reduced cost markups and increased relative prices of intermediate inputs. Furthermore, we extend our analysis to assess the spillover effects of foreign divestment on domestic firms both within and across industries. The results suggest that foreign divestment negatively affect the export DVAR of local counterparts, especially through horizontal and backward linkages. These findings enhance the understanding of the persistence of benefits from foreign direct investment and the economic impacts of foreign divestment on the host country firms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"85 ","pages":"Pages 1901-1915"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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