The Effect of Environmental Innovation on Employment Level: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Industries

Wei Yu


School of Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China (China)

Huifang Yu


School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China (China)


Abstract

This paper examines the effect of environmental innovation on employment level, using an industry-level panel dataset for the 2001-2010 period in China. Empirical results show that environmental process innovation has a positive effect on employment, but with a time lag. Furthermore, the relationship between environmental innovation and employment is heterogeneous across dirty industries and clean industries in China. Based on the empirical result, this study derives some policy implications.


Keywords:

environmental innovation, employment, manufacturing industries, panel data

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2017-01-02

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Yu, W., & Yu, H. (2017). The Effect of Environmental Innovation on Employment Level: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Industries. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 12(1), 7–14. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4992

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Wei Yu 

School of Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China China

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Huifang Yu 

School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China China

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