Environmental Regulation and Chronic Conditions: Evidence from China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (2013–2017)
3. Data: China Family Panel Studies
3.1. Dependent Variables
3.2. Weather Conditions
4. The Econometric Model
5. Results
5.1. All Adults
5.2. Results by Subsample
5.2.1. Sex and Age
5.2.2. Socioeconomic Status
5.3. Results by Policy Characteristics
5.4. Placebo Test
5.4.1. In-Time Placebo Test
5.4.2. Placebo Outcome Test
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Administrative Division | APPCAP Enacted Time | Duration |
---|---|---|
Shandong | July 2013 | ~2020 |
Beijing | September 2013 | ~2017 |
Hebei | September 2013 | ~2017 |
Shanxi | October 2013 | ~2017 |
Shanghai | November 2013 | ~2017 |
Anhui | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Chongqing | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Shannxi | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Jilin | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Zhejiang | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Jiangxi | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Hunan | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Gansu | December 2013 | ~2017 |
Hubei | January 2014 | ~2017 |
Jiangsu | January 2014 | ~2017 |
Guangdong | February 2014 | ~2017 |
Sichuan | February 2014 | ~2017 |
Yunnan | March 2014 | ~2017 |
Guizhou | May 2014 | ~2017 |
Fujian | June 2014 | ~2017 |
Heilongjiang | March 2016 | ~2018 |
Henan | July 2016 | ~2017 |
Liaoning | April 2017 | ~2020 |
Guangxi | June 2017 | ~2020 |
Variables | Mean | Standard Deviation |
---|---|---|
Dependent Variables | ||
Respiratory diseases (%) | 1.44 | 0.12 |
Circulatory system diseases (%) | 6.57 | 0.17 |
Independent Variables | ||
Weather Conditions | ||
Mean Temperature (°C) | 21.62 | 9.48 |
Humidity (%) | 71.99 | 8.69 |
Precipitation (mm) | 127.57 | 109.72 |
Sunshine (hour) | 181.89 | 53.06 |
Demographic characteristics of CFPS surveys | ||
Age (year) | 48.66 | 14.81 |
Mean annual household income a (log form) | 7.14 | 4.60 |
Male (%) | 48.09 | 0.50 |
Urban (%) | 46.63 | 0.50 |
Labor force participation (%) | 72.80 | 0.44 |
Primary school or less (%) | 26.67 | 0.46 |
Middle/high school (%) | 29.93 | 0.46 |
University or above (%) | 43.40 | 0.49 |
Married (%) | 85.69 | 0.35 |
Smoke (%) | 29.84 | 0.46 |
Drink (%) | 16.29 | 0.37 |
Coal (%) | 6.67 | 0.25 |
Observations | 56,958 |
Air-Pollution-Related Diseases | ||
---|---|---|
Variables | Respiratory | Circulatory |
Treatment × Post | −0.489 ** | −0.239 ** |
(0.192) | (0.099) | |
Age | 0.027 *** | 0.085 *** |
(0.004) | (0.003) | |
Male | 0.611 *** | −0.179 *** |
(0.111) | (0.065) | |
Urban | −0.002 | −0.003 |
(0.100) | (0.057) | |
Alcohol | −0.319 | −0.316 *** |
(0.132) | (0.077) | |
Tobacco | −0.681 | −0.329 *** |
(0.120) | (0.069) | |
Coal heating | −0.017 | −0.020 |
(0.187) | (0.092) | |
Married | −0.151 | 0.868 *** |
(0.225) | (0.245) | |
Cohabitating | 0.967 | 0.994 ** |
(0.621) | (0.483) | |
Divorced | 0.227 | 1.122 *** |
(0.403) | (0.322) | |
Widowed | −0.079 | 0.583 ** |
(0.297) | (0.263) | |
Employed | −0.091 | −0.318 *** |
(0.109) | (0.058) | |
ln (Annual household income) | 0.006 | 0.007 |
(0.010) | (0.005) | |
Middle/high school | −0.133 | 0.014 |
(0.126) | (0.068) | |
University or above | −0.053 | 0.009 |
(0.207) | (0.122) | |
Constant | −6.623 *** | −8.995 *** |
(1.129) | (0.683) | |
Observations | 56,958 | 56,958 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | −0.499 ** | −0.757 ** |
(0.196) | (0.312) | |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 1.44 | 6.57 |
Respiratory System Disease | ||||||
Sex | Age | |||||
Total | Male | Female | 16–39 | 40–64 | 65– | |
Treatment Post | −0.489 ** (0.192) | −0.725 ** (0.296) | −0.338 (0.259) | −0.436 (0.399) | −0.421 (0.269) | −0.766 * (0.408) |
Observations | 56,958 | 27,855 | 29,015 | 15,906 | 32,179 | 8649 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | −0.499 ** (0.196) | −0.737 ** (0.30) | −0.319 (0.244) | −0.259 (0.235) | −0.410 (0.260) | −1.367 * (0.718) |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 1.443 | 1.578 | 1.315 | 0.965 | 1.400 | 2.464 |
Circulatory System Disease | ||||||
Sex | Age | |||||
Total | Male | Female | 16–39 | 40–64 | 65– | |
Treatment × Post | −0.239 ** (0.099) | 0.043 (0.150) | −0.434 *** (0.132) | 0.303 (0.480) | −0.275 ** (0.119) | −0.286 * (0.165) |
Observations | 56,958 | 27,855 | 29,103 | 15,906 | 32,179 | 8649 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | −0.757 ** (0.312) | 0.120 (0.419) | −1.508 *** (0.459) | −0.121 (0.188) | −1.109 ** (0.519) | −2.948 ** (1.700) |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 6.570 | 7.432 | 5.669 | 0.689 | 6.760 | 16.490 |
Respiratory System Disease | ||||
Educational Attainment Levels | ||||
Total | Primary | Middle | College and above | |
Treatment × Post | −0.489 ** (0.192) | −0.702 *(0.379) | −0.487 (0.398) | 0.232 (0.473) |
Observations | 56,958 | 14,841 | 16,867 | 24,361 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | −0.499 ** (0.196) | −0.702 * (0.377) | −0.343 (0.278) | 0.269 (0.547) |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 1.443 | 1.579 | 1.119 | 1.584 |
Circulatory System Disease | ||||
Educational Attainment Levels | ||||
Total | Primary | Middle | College and above | |
Treatment × Post | −0.239 ** (0.099) | −0.246 * (0.173) | −0.045 (0.204) | 0.229 (0.317) |
Observations | 56,958 | 15,188 | 16,986 | 24,578 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | −0.757 ** (0.312) | −1.003 * (0.705) | −0.099 (0.444) | 0.753 (1.046) |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 6.570 | 7.787 | 4.559 | 7.210 |
Air-Pollution-Related Diseases | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Circulatory | Respiratory | Circulatory | |
Stringency | −0.026 *** (0.009) | −0.022 *** (0.005) | ||
Duration | −0.011 ** (0.004) | −0.005 ** (0.002) | ||
Observations | 56,958 | 56,958 | 56,958 | 56,958 |
Marginal effects at means | −0.027 *** (0.010) | −0.070 *** (0.016) | −0.011 ** (0.005) | −0.017 ** (0.008) |
Dependent variable mean (×100) | 1.443 | 6.570 | 1.443 | 6.570 |
Air-Pollution-Related Diseases | ||
---|---|---|
Respiratory | Circulatory | |
Treatment Post (6-month in advance) | 0.152 (0.426) | −0.003 (0.202) |
Observations | 30,111 | 30,111 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | 0.00130 (0.00365) | −0.00007 (0.00532) |
Treatment Post (1-year in advance) | 0.138 (0.333) | −0.160 (0.140) |
Observations | 26,899 | 26,899 |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | 0.00121 (0.00291) | −0.00442 (0.00387) |
Non-air-pollution-related diseases | ||
Treatment Post | 0.061 (0.073) | |
Observations | 56,958 | |
Marginal effects at means for Treatment × Post | 0.00409 (0.00487) |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Yang, and Beomsoo Kim. 2022. "Environmental Regulation and Chronic Conditions: Evidence from China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912584