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July 26, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

The Nonlinear Impact of Environmental Regulations on Urban Employment: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China

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WLWeiwei LiFWF S WangCZCaijing Zhao

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Randomized trial analyzes the effect of environmental regulations on employment in urban areas, suggesting a need for policy balance.

Key Points

  • This research explores how environmental regulations affect employment levels and structure in urban regions along the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
  • Utilized panel data from 106 prefecture-level cities in China from 2011 to 2022.
  • Assessed the impacts of environmental regulations on employment growth and structural changes.
  • Examined variations across different regions and city sizes.
  • Strengthening of environmental regulations significantly inhibits employment growth but improves employment structure.
  • The negative effect on employment growth diminishes with increased regulatory intensity, while structural optimization strengthens.
  • Variations observed with scale effects being more pronounced in Upper-Middle Yangtze regions and larger cities.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a61ad3aea3239cd779f3https://doi.org/10.3390/su18157517
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