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Higher education expansion and emission trading scheme: A case study in China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Despite the abundant empirical evidence of higher education impacting emission mitigation, few studies have uncovered the mechanism that higher education affects climate policy. In this paper, we attempt to narrow the aforementioned research gap by employing a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to quantify the relations between the higher education expansion (HEE) and emission trading scheme (ETS) in China. The CGE model results show that the HEE reduces labor employment, GDP, and emissions, whereas the ETS relieves these HEE impacts. Regardless of the HEE, the ETS causes emission abatement at the price of employment loss and GDP loss, whereas the HEE weakens the ETS effects on employment, GDP, and emissions. These findings imply that HEE negatively affects emission mitigation in climate policy implementation, whereas climate policy could be implemented to boost economic growth during college education expansion.

Source: Journal of Environmental Management

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123699

Author: Shuyang Chen

Institution: South China University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change Policy and Economics

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,850