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Does Improving Comprehensive Elderly Care Capacity Contribute to Achieving Carbon Neutrality Goals? Analysis Based on the Spatial Durbin Model and Mediation Model

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study uses panel data from 30 provinces in China between 2014 and 2022 to investigate the relationship between comprehensive elderly care capacity and carbon neutrality goals. The research finds that there is a positive relationship between comprehensive elderly care capacity and the achievement of carbon neutrality, with a coefficient of 0.061 that is significant at the 5% significance level. However, there exists a negative spatial spillover effect, with a coefficient of −0.119 that is significant at the 1% significance level. The unemployment rate plays a mediating role between the two; the improvement in elderly care capacity can reduce the unemployment rate, with a coefficient of −0.457, while there is also a negative relationship between the unemployment rate and carbon neutrality goals, with a coefficient of −0.015. Therefore, enhancing the elderly care capacity can lower the unemployment rate, which, in turn, can promote the achievement of carbon neutrality goals.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su17072872

Authors: Yiniu Cui, Jialin Gao, Mengyao Guo

Institutions: Yunnan University, The University of Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896