Inter-Regional Spillover of Carbon Emissions and Employment in China: Is It Positive or Negative?

Sustainability

Zhipeng Tang¹  Wenbin Shao²  Wu Xie²  Fangyi Li²  Yu Bai²  Shanlin Yang²  Zhaoyang Ye² 

[1] Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;

关键词: multi-regional input-output model;    spillover effects;    carbon emission;    employment;    trade evolution;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su11133622

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

International and inter-regional trade in China has been promoted, the economic and environmental impacts of which are significant in regional development. In this paper, we analyzed the evolution of inter-regional spillover of carbon emissions and employment in China from 2007 to 2012 with structural decomposition method and multi-regional input-output tables. The index of carbon emission per employee (ICE) is designed and compared to indicate positive or negative spillover effects. We find that carbon emissions grow much more rapidly in interior regions than in coastal regions, due to spillover effects and own influences. Spillover effects rarely reduce the ICE of destination regions, but the own influences can decrease it in most regions. Although spillover may contribute to economic development in most regions, it is hardly a driver of efficiency improvement in destination regions. Based on these empirical findings, we put forward specific suggestions to improve the positive spillover effects on different kinds of regions.

【 授权许可】

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