AUTHOR=Le Dong , Li Yusong , Ren Fei 

TITLE=Does air quality improvement promote enterprise productivity increase? Based on the spatial spillover effect of 242 cities in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1050971

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.1050971

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Air pollution not only harms people’s health, but also impedes urban economic development. This study is based on the combined data of China Industrial Enterprise and China Patent Databases. First, this study uses Spatial Durbin Model to analyze how air quality improvement affects enterprise productivity? Second, it uses regional and time heterogeneities to investigate if the air quality improvement increase enterprise productivity? The results show that: (1) air quality improvement and its spatial spillover effect can significantly increase enterprise productivity in adjacent areas. (2) After 2010, the government implemented more stringent measures to prevent and control air pollution, which made the air quality improvement promote enterprise productivity increase more obviously. The air quality improvement in eastern and central regions was less obvious than in western regions. (3) Air quality improvement can increase enterprise productivity by improving enterprise innovation quality, ensuring the health of urban residents, and increasing the stock of urban human capital. Finally, it puts forward some policy enlightenment, such as establishing an air pollution detection system, using an intelligent network supervision platform, and implementing a coordinated defense and governance system.