TY - JOUR
T1 - A productivity analysis considering environmental pollution and diseases in China
AU - Cao, Huijuan
AU - Fujii, Hidemichi
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research 26000001B), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, and Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up 26881006B), MEXT, Japan. The results and conclusions of this article do not necessary represent the views of the funding agencies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Cao et al.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Environmental pollution and human health problems are becoming serious issues in China. This research focuses on regional differences in productive inefficiencies and attempts to clarify the determinants of inefficiency, accounting economic, environmental and health-related factors. Our dataset includes information of 29 areas in China from 2003 to 2009. We find that after accounting for environmental pollution and health impacts, the productive inefficiency of the examined areas reduced; this result holds for both the national and provincial levels. Our results imply that government efforts to improve social welfare should emphasize increases in foreign direct investment and private medical expenditures. JEL codes: I15, O44, O47, R11.
AB - Environmental pollution and human health problems are becoming serious issues in China. This research focuses on regional differences in productive inefficiencies and attempts to clarify the determinants of inefficiency, accounting economic, environmental and health-related factors. Our dataset includes information of 29 areas in China from 2003 to 2009. We find that after accounting for environmental pollution and health impacts, the productive inefficiency of the examined areas reduced; this result holds for both the national and provincial levels. Our results imply that government efforts to improve social welfare should emphasize increases in foreign direct investment and private medical expenditures. JEL codes: I15, O44, O47, R11.
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U2 - 10.1186/s40008-015-0012-9
DO - 10.1186/s40008-015-0012-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026730660
SN - 2193-2409
VL - 4
JO - Journal of Economic Structures
JF - Journal of Economic Structures
IS - 1
M1 - 4
ER -
