The Impact of Air Quality on Effective Labor Supply: Based on the Survey Data of Zhejiang Province in China

Yongliang Yang, Jing Fang, Wen Wang, Yan Li and Yi Li
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Yongliang Yang: School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Jing Fang: School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Wen Wang: School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yan Li: School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Yi Li: Faculty of Tourism and Culture, International United Faculty between Ningbo University and University of Angers, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315201, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: Labor is one of the most important factors of production and the basis for the development of social productivity. China’s aging population problem is serious, and the study of the labor supply is of great importance in order to achieve its second centenary goal regarding social development. In this study, four stage mixed sampling was used to conduct a questionnaire survey in the Zhejiang province of China, and 590 valid questionnaires were obtained. An ordered logit model and sample selection model were used to analyze the impact of air quality on the effective labor supply. The results show that the effective labor supply was significantly correlated with air quality. That is, the worse the air quality was, the lower the effective labor supply was, although this relationship was more explicit for people who worked indoors. When air quality impedes residents’ daily lives and even affects their health, it indirectly affects the effective supply of local labor. This paper indicates the causal relationship between economic development and the ecological environment and has enlightening significance for the realization of sustainable development.

Keywords: air quality; effective supply of labor; ordered logit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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