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Academic Journal of Business & Management, 2022, 4(17); doi: 10.25236/AJBM.2022.041707.

A Study on the Impact of Environmental Regulation on Employment--Empirical perspective based on heterogeneity and mediating effects model

Author(s)

Shuwen Zheng

Corresponding Author:
Shuwen Zheng
Affiliation(s)

Business School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China, 201620

Abstract

Based on the new development pattern, taking the path of high-quality development requires an integrated arrangement of environmental protection and employment. This paper constructs OLS, FEM, systematic GMM, and mediating effect models based on panel data of 31 provinces and cities in China from 2012-2019 to analyze in detail the impact of environmental regulation on employment and its mechanism of action. The innovations of this paper are: examining the employment effects of environmental regulations based on the regional heterogeneity between the north and the south; examining the employment effects of environmental regulations on tourism-rich provinces and relatively less tourism-rich provinces; examining the employment effects of environmental regulations from the perspective of employment heterogeneity; and including consumer confidence in the indicator layer of mediating variables together with technological progress and FDI to examine their mediating effects on employment.

Keywords

environmental regulation, employment, consumer confidence, heterogeneity, intermediation effect

Cite This Paper

Shuwen Zheng. A Study on the Impact of Environmental Regulation on Employment--Empirical perspective based on heterogeneity and mediating effects model. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 17: 47-53. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2022.041707.

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