Research Conducted at Peking University Has Updated Our Knowledge about Environment and Sustainability Research (Air Pollution Monitoring and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence From the Health Insurance Market): Environment – Environment and Sustainability Research

2023 AUG 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Data detailed on Environment - Environment and Sustainability Research have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Previous studies have often focused on the direct benefits of environmental regulations on health. This paper quantifies the impact of environmental regulations on the cost of prevention for urban residents.”

Financial support for this research came from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Peking University, “The purpose of this study is to examine how environmental regulations affect urban commercial health insurance purchases. Air pollution monitoring stations in China capture exogenous air quality changes to overcome potential endogenous problems. Evidence shows that an increase in the operating days of air pollution monitoring stations will reduce the purchase of commercial health insurance in the city. The mechanism is that the operation of air pollution monitoring stations is conducive to improving local air quality and alleviating residents’ health prevention needs. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of air pollution monitoring station operation on the cost of prevention is less effective in more developed cities. Finally, we demonstrate that the number of claims for commercial health insurance dropped with the operation of air pollution monitoring stations. The results show that the benefits of improved air pollution do not only include the direct benefits of increased health, but also include the potential benefits of reduced prevention costs.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Ultimately, the results further indicate the importance of air pollution control.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Air Pollution Monitoring and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence From the Health Insurance Market. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023;414. Journal of Cleaner Production can be contacted at: Elsevier Sci Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, Oxon, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Cleaner Production - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-cleaner-production/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Fanglin Chen, Peking University, School of Government, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Jun Lu and Siyuan Cai.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137780. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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