通讯机构：
[Liu, B ] H;Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Publ Adm & Law, Changsha 410128, Peoples R China.
关键词：
Sustainable investment;Fossil fuels consumption;Sustainable transition;Pension fund and insurance companies;OECD
摘要：
This study extensively explores the complex relationship between environmental investments made by pension funds and insurance companies and their influence on expenses associated with fossil fuels. Analyzing data from 2015 to 2020 across ten OECD economies, the research employs the Fully Modified OLS technique to extract meaningful insights. The results reveal that a 1% increase in environmental investments propels practices focused on energy conservation and increased efficiency by 0.49%, underscoring a dedicated commitment to sustainability. Additionally, a 1% increase in IT expenditures is associated with a 0.10% improvement in energy efficiency. Conversely, heightened green tax payments exhibit a negative correlation with energy usage, emphasizing the impact of regulatory incentives. To bolster sustainable investments, the paper advocates for robust ESG reporting, support for SMEs, the adoption of green corporate management practices, and improved access to green financial markets.
通讯机构：
[Tian, X ] H;Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Publ Adm, Wuhan 430070, Peoples R China.
关键词：
land development opportunities;spatial regulation;rural household;nonfarm employment
摘要：
Heterogeneous land development opportunities induced by spatial regulation produce different advantages in areas, which undoubtedly differentiates farmers’ employment. The aim of this study was to quantitatively examine its impact. We selected Moshui Lake City Park (urban development planning area), Sino-French Eco-City (industrial development planning area), and Chenhu International Wetland (ecological protection planning area) as its principal research areas. These regions are all located in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. After obtaining 907 valid responses from rural households, the Tobit model was adopted to identify the impact of land development opportunities on farmers’ nonfarm employment. The results show that, first, industrial development opportunity (IDO) and urban development opportunity (UDO) provide more job security than the reference group, which is ecological development opportunity (EDO), with the estimated coefficients of IDO and UDO being 0.325 and 0.944, respectively. However, a negative correlation was found between UDO and farmers’ employment selection and income. Second, heterogeneity analysis reveals that the promotion effect of land development opportunities on farmers’ employment is more significant for low- and middle-income, low-quantity, and high-quality households. Finally, further analysis shows that IDO can promote employment for all age groups, but UDO inhibits the elderly labor force from getting employed. These findings provide evidence-based insights which can enable the government to formulate land value-added distribution systems that promote balanced development between regions and stakeholders.
通讯机构：
[Weilin Wang] C;College of Resource, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China<&wdkj&>Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
摘要：
Land-use changes remain a major source of terrestrial ecosystem carbon stock (TECS) change. However, existing studies estimating TECS change caused by land-use changes, considering the mixed land-use structure and its continuous structural changes in the land-use change model, are still absent. Our study first analyzed land-use changes during the years 2000-2020 in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (CZX) urban agglomeration, and then simulated the multi-scenario mixed land-use structure pattern in 2030, and finally estimated its effects on TECS change. Results show that: (1) The TECS change in CZX urban agglomeration during the years 2000-2020 are trending downward, decreasing 5.62 Tg. (2) Over the past 20 years, land-use changes in CZX urban agglomeration were dominated by the increase of artificial surfaces, and the decrease of forest, farmland, and grassland, which are major sources of TECS reduction. (3) The total TECS in inertial development, cultivated land protection, and ecological priority scenarios, are 95.82 Tg, 95.97 Tg, and 97.31 Tg, respectively. Compared to TECS in 2020, the decrease is 2.61 Tg, 2.46 Tg, and 1.12 Tg, respectively. While the spatial pattern of losses in TECS is trending toward sustained expansion in the inertial development and cultivated land protection scenario, the ecological priority scenario is more concentrated. The results can provide decision support for regional carbon accounting, for the assessment of terrestrial carbon stock, and for the planning of the "dual-carbon" (refer to peak carbon and carbon neutrality in dioxide emissions) goal.
关键词：
Land management;Separation of ownership;Contract rights;And Operational rights;Agricultural advancement;New institutional economics
摘要：
The separation of ownership, contract rights, and operation rights within China’s land rights system marks a pivotal juncture in the nation’s agricultural and rural development. This research paper delves into the intricate dimensions of this transformation, emphasizing policy interpretations, legal aspects, and challenges in policy implementation. The study underscores the gap between policy intent and practical implementation, highlighting the complexities inherent in this separation of rights. Grounded in the principles of new institutional economics, the paper explores two central themes: the multifaceted nature of agricultural land, which serves both economic and social roles, and the historical evolution of the “disposition separately of three rights” concept aimed at optimizing land resource allocation. Normative standards rooted in new institutional economics provide a framework to evaluate the current land rights system, revealing issues in ownership, contract, and operation rights. The findings carry significant theoretical implications, shedding light on the complexities of land rights transformation and the growing importance of agricultural land's economic function. From a policy perspective, the research emphasizes the need for a balanced system that optimizes land use, supports collective and individual interests, and fosters economic growth in rural areas while protecting farmers’ rights. These insights provide valuable guidance for managers and policymakers involved in crafting and implementing land reform policies in China.
关键词：
Township health center;exploratory spatiotemporal data analysis;healthcare service capacity;quantile regression;unexpected output superefficiency SBM
摘要：
INTRODUCTION: This study analyzes the efficiency, spatiotemporal evolution, and influencing factors of provincial township health centers' healthcare service capacity in China. METHOD: It utilizes an unexpected output super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model, exploratory spatiotemporal data analysis methods, and a quantile regression model. RESULTS: The results show that the healthcare service capacity of township health centers is better in provinces with a larger proportion of hierarchical diagnoses and treatments pilot projects in cities, and the regional efficiency trend is ordered central > eastern > western > northeastern. The healthcare service capacity of provincial township health centers mainly shows significant spatial correlation and a spatiotemporal distribution pattern of "high agglomeration, low differentiation." DISCUSSION: Rural population density and per capita GDP significantly improve the healthcare service capacity of township health centers, while local governments' healthcare and health expenditure increases the healthcare service capacity of township health centers in certain quantiles. The urbanization rate and per capita disposable income inhibit the improvement of the healthcare service capacity of township health centers in certain quantiles. The provinces should accelerate the promotion of hierarchical diagnoses and treatment pilot projects in cities and establish national cooperative development models to promote public health.
摘要：
Presently, global aging has become increasingly serious, whereas the health concerns brought by aging have become a public issue that warrants an urgent solution from all countries across the world. Therefore, this research paper discusses the influence of neighborhood health on elderly individuals’ health, and extending a realistic basis for the other economies to improve the neighborhood environment and promote the health of the elderly. Based on the data of CHARLS2018, this research paper adopts the samples that fulfill the study requirements (N = 7326). we constructed a comprehensive research framework integrating oprobit regression model, heterogeneity analysis, conditional mixed process(CMP)robustness testing, Furthermore, the KHB decomposition method is implemented to ascertain the influential mechanism of NMH and NPH on the mental- and physical health of elderly persons. The oprobit regression model analysis indicates that NMH 0.434 and NPH 0.550 exert positive influences on the elderly’s mental- and physical health. Meanwhile, the effects of conditional mixed process on NMH and NPH stand at 0.381 and4.372, which are different from the oprobit regression results; thereby, indicating the existence of endogeneity. Afterward, KHB mediating effect confirms that Internet use, gift reciprocity, and charity activity contribute 30.21% and 16.83% to mental- and physical health, respectively. Firstly, the NMH and NPH demonstrate a positive influence on the mental- and physical health of the elder population. However, there exist heterogeneous differences. Secondly, the conditional mixed process deals with the endogeneity of NMH and NPH. Thirdly, social integration, social interaction, and social engagement serve as significant transmission mechanisms for the influences of NMH and NPH on the health of elderly persons.
通讯机构：
[Hu Yangming] C;College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
关键词：
Elderly people;Physical health;Neighborhood health effects;Mechanism of function
摘要：
BACKGROUND: There are more than 26 million elderly people in China, and due to the Health China strategy proposed in 2020, "Elderly Health" has become an important topic of concern for all sectors of society. Neighborhoods provide important social relationships. However, Chinese researchers have not extensively explored the impact of these relationships on the physical health of the elderly. METHODS: Based on the data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we constructed a comprehensive research framework integrating ordinary least square (OLS) regression, heterogeneity analysis, IV-2SLS, robustness testing, and Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) mediating effect analysis, which can be used to thoroughly examine neighborhood health effects (NHEs) in relation to the physical health of the elderly. RESULTS: The OLS results showed that the NHEs (B=0.4689, p<0.01) had a positive influence on the physical health of the elderly, and were lower than the NHEs estimated by IV-2SLS (B=0.5018, p<0.01). The mediating effects of social networks and social relationships were analyzed using KHB, and both the total (B=0.6056, p<0.01) and indirect (B=0.0800, p<0.01) effects on neighborhood health were significant, with the total effect being 10 times larger than the direct effect and 13.24% of the total effect coming from the mediating variable. CONCLUSIONS: Firstly, the NHEs positively influence the physical health of elderly persons, but there are heterogeneous differences. Secondly, the IV-2SLS estimation results suggest that not controlling for endogeneity leads to underestimation of the role of the NHEs. Thirdly, using the county-level NHEs, self-rated health, and health changes to replace variables, and grouping by smokers (small sample) and never smoked (large sample), the influence of the NHEs on the physical health of the elderly is robust. Finally, social networks and social relationships are important transmission mechanisms of the NHEs when it comes to the physical health of the elderly.
通讯机构：
[Wei Liu] H;Hunan Agricultural University College of Public Administration and Law, No. 1, Nongda Road, Furong district, Changsha City, 410128, Hunan Province, China
摘要：
The agricultural ecological environment is the premise and foundation of rural economic development and the rural economy is an important manifestation of the vitality of the agricultural ecological environment. Taking 14 prefecture-level cities in Guangxi as the research object, this paper collects and sorts out the relevant data indicators of rural economy and agricultural ecological environment of them from 2007 to 2019, constructs the evaluation index system, calculates the development index by using the comprehensive index function, and finally uses an innovative digitization evaluation scheme to further evaluate the spatiotemporal coupling and coordination relationship between the rural economy and agricultural ecological environment. The following conclusions are ultimately drawn. First, the comprehensive level index of the rural economy shows linear growth with unbalanced regional development (values from 0.306 to 0.598). Second, the comprehensive index of the agricultural ecological environment shows fluctuating growth with obvious regional differences (values from 0.264 to 0.483). Third, the development of rural economy and agricultural ecological environment is not synchronized, and there is mutual influence. Fourth, the coordination level of the rural economy and agricultural ecological environment is low (coupling values from 0.369 to 0.513). Then, policy inspirations are proposed. First, the investment in agricultural science and technology innovation should be increased and the modern agricultural technology system. Second, agricultural industrial structure should be optimized and the agricultural industrial chain. Third, the construction of agricultural infrastructure should be improved, and the high-quality development of agriculture should be promoted. Fourth, the education of ecological civilization should be strengthened, and awareness of ecological and environmental protection should be established. Fifth, they should strengthen education and training and cultivate new professional farmers. Sixth, they should improve the utilization rate of land and enhance the arable land production capacity.(c) 2022 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. on behalf of Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
通讯机构：
[Ke-Chiun Chang] S;School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China<&wdkj&>Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
关键词：
One Health;zoonosis;environmental health;sustainable development;integrated governance
摘要：
This study explores the incidence and trend of zoonoses in China and its relationship with environmental health and proposes suggestions for promoting the long-term sustainable development of human, animal, and environmental systems. The incidence of malaria was selected as the dependent variable, and the consumption of agricultural diesel oil and pesticides and investment in lavatory sanitation improvement in rural areas were selected as independent variables according to the characteristics of nonpoint source pollution and domestic pollution in China’s rural areas. By employing a fixed effects regression model, the results indicated that the use of pesticides was negatively associated with the incidence of malaria, continuous investment in rural toilet improvement, and an increase in economic income can play a positive role in the prevention and control of malaria incidence. Guided by the theory of One Health, this study verifies human, animal, and environmental health as a combination of mutual restriction and influence, discusses the complex causal relationship among the three, and provides evidence for sustainable development and integrated governance.
关键词：
pig farmers;epidemic coping behavior;African swine fever;epidemic prevention and control
摘要：
An animal epidemic is a big threat for economic development that may seriously disturb the breeding industry and people’s normal life. The most effective approach so far for epidemic control is biosecurity, zoning, culling animals exposed, and other relevant measures, which highly demands the cooperation of farmers in epidemic areas. However, an uncooperative phenomenon among individual farmers facing an epidemic has been recorded for a long time and includes unwilling to report the epidemic and selling infected pork. It is important to unravel the determinants of farmers’ coping behaviors during an animal epidemic outbreak and use corresponding strategies to reduce farmers’ inappropriate behaviors. Taking African Swine Fever (ASF) crisis as an example, this study aimed to reveal the determinants and underlying mechanism of pig farmers’ coping behaviors. We adopted qualitative interviews with 45 pig farmers across four endemically infected areas in Hunan provinces, and the data collected were subjected to a grounded theory analysis. Our results showed that emergency response, information sources, and information channels jointly affected pig farmers’ epidemic risk perception and their perception of coping behaviors. Meanwhile, both the characteristics of the government and pig farmers moderated this affect. Consequently, by processing information through either a heuristic or an analytical path, pig farmers’ behavioral intention was transformed into actual coping behaviors. Our study emphasizes the value of sufficient risk communication, proper compensation policies, and strong public trust in the government for improving the farmers’ participation in the epidemic response. Theoretical and practical implications to animal epidemic prevention and control are provided.
关键词：
Community cohesion;Community support network size;Depressive symptoms;Rural-urban migrant workers
摘要：
This study aimed to examine depressive symptoms in ruralurban migrant workers in mainland China, with a focus on the moderating roles of community factors (i.e., community support network, community cohesion and community composition) in the relation between work stress and depressive symptoms. This study used secondary data from a national representative study conducted by the Social Survey Center at SUN-YETSEN University of China in 2014. The final sample contained 1434 participants from 29 provinces of China (Mean age = 36.47, SD = 11.91). Being female, lower self-rated health, lower levels of self-rated class, lower levels of community cohesion and higher work stress were related to higher depressive symptoms. Community cohesion was found to lessen the migrant workers depressive symptoms but was not identified as a moderator for work stress and depressive symptoms. Community supportive networks moderated the relation between work stress and depressive symptoms. Rural-urban migrant workers in China experienced high work stress and high depressive symptoms. Public health policies or programs should help expand and strengthen migrant workers' supportive network size, and facilitate the creation of community cohesion to lessen depressive symptoms.
期刊：
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS,2019年32(2):217-227 ISSN：1041-6102
通讯作者：
Li, Wanlian
作者机构：
[Sun, Fei; Lee, Jaewon] Michigan State Univ, Sch Social Work, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.;[Li, Wanlian] Hunan Agr Univ, Sch Publ Management, Coll Publ Adm & Law, Nongda Rd, Changsha 410125, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Jiang, Lin] Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Dept Social Work, Edinburg, TX USA.
期刊：
International Journal of Social Psychiatry,2018年64(4):317-325 ISSN：0020-7640
通讯作者：
Sun, Fei
作者机构：
[Li, Wanlian] Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Publ Adm & Law, Sch Social Work, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Sun, Fei] Michigan State Univ, Sch Social Work, 655 Auditorium Rd, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.;[Anderson, Steven] Univ Illinois, Sch Social Work, Champaign, IL USA.
通讯机构：
[Sun, Fei] M;Michigan State Univ, Sch Social Work, 655 Auditorium Rd, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.
