Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China?
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. the dynamic relationship between human capital and energy consumption using Chinese provincial data over the period 1990–2010. Considering for cross-sectional dependence and parameter heterogeneity across space and over time, we identify a significant and negative human capital–...
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| author | Salim, Ruhul Yao, Y. Chen, G. |
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| description | © 2017 Elsevier B.V. the dynamic relationship between human capital and energy consumption using Chinese provincial data over the period 1990–2010. Considering for cross-sectional dependence and parameter heterogeneity across space and over time, we identify a significant and negative human capital–energy consumption relationship in China. Specifically, we find that a 1% increase in human capital reduces energy consumption by a range between 0.18% and 0.45%. Furthermore, this negative relationship can be attributed to stronger accumulation of post-school human capital in eastern China. This finding suggests that energy conservation in China could be achieved by improving post-school human-capital components such as on-the-job training, experience and learning-by-doing. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-568392018-01-11T05:47:32Z Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? Salim, Ruhul Yao, Y. Chen, G. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. the dynamic relationship between human capital and energy consumption using Chinese provincial data over the period 1990–2010. Considering for cross-sectional dependence and parameter heterogeneity across space and over time, we identify a significant and negative human capital–energy consumption relationship in China. Specifically, we find that a 1% increase in human capital reduces energy consumption by a range between 0.18% and 0.45%. Furthermore, this negative relationship can be attributed to stronger accumulation of post-school human capital in eastern China. This finding suggests that energy conservation in China could be achieved by improving post-school human-capital components such as on-the-job training, experience and learning-by-doing. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56839 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.016 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Salim, Ruhul Yao, Y. Chen, G. Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title | Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title_full | Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title_fullStr | Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title_short | Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? |
| title_sort | does human capital matter for energy consumption in china? |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56839 |