Analysis of Employment Effect of Environmental Regulation: Based on the Pilot Policy of SO2 Emission Trading

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200908.051How to use a DOI?

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the pilot policy of SO2 emissions trading, employment, propensity score matching--difference in differences (PSM-DID)

Abstract

Taking the pilot policy of SO2 emissions trading as a “quasi-natural experiment”, based on the data of industrial companies in China’s listed companies, propensity score matching--difference in differences (PSM-DID) is used to explore the causal relationship between market-oriented environmental regulation policies and enterprise employment. Studies have shown that the pilot policy of SO2 emissions trading has significantly increased the employment of enterprises. A group test based on the perspective of enterprise ownership shows that the pilot policy of SO2 emissions trading has significantly improved the employment level of state-owned enterprises, but the employment effect is not obvious for non-state-owned enterprises. Therefore, the government should formulate different environmental regulations for different types of enterprises to achieve a win-win situation of environmental protection and employment promotion.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaohui Gong
AU  - Chunyan Lin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/08
TI  - Analysis of Employment Effect of Environmental Regulation: Based on the Pilot Policy of SO2 Emission Trading
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economy, Management and Entrepreneurship (ICOEME 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 315
EP  - 320
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200908.051
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200908.051
ID  - Gong2020
ER  -