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Exploring the impact of narrowing urban-rural income gap on carbon emission reduction and pollution control

Authors :
Lujing Wang
Ming Zhang
Source :
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259390 (2021), PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.

Abstract

Over the past four decades, China have experienced rapid economic growth but also a widening urban-rural income gap and deteriorating air quality. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2006 to 2017, this paper investigates the effect of narrowing the urban-rural income gap on carbon emission reduction and pollution control by using OLS method. The empirical results indicate that: the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap has a positive impact on pollution control, while there are regional differences in the impact on carbon emission reduction. In the perspective of the whole country and central and western regions, the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap is conducive to carbon emission reduction. However, the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap increases carbon emissions in the eastern regions where economic development is at high level. This paper provides a theoretical basis and policy reference for promoting urban-rural integration and construction of ecological civilization.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19326203
Volume :
16
Issue :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....df7819ec1277a01620e04c9eb0eb51c1