Studies from Shenzhen University Have Provided New Data on Social Science (Haze Pollution, Climate Risk Perception and Demand for Commercial Health Insurance): Science – Social Science

2024 MAY 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on social science are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Shenzhen University by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Haze pollution not only affects the quality of economic growth and the image of the government, but also seriously affects public health.”

Financial supporters for this research include Research Center For Ecological Civilization And Green Development of Shenzhen University; Research on The Thought of Ecological Civilization.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Shenzhen University: “With the improvement of climate risk perception, the public is actively seeking all kinds of risk management measures to combat the hazards of haze pollution. The study of the relationship between haze pollution, climate risk perception and the development of commercial health insurance is of great significance to the formulation of haze control policies and the improvement of social security system. This paper attempts to explore the relationship between haze pollution, climate risk perception and commercial health insurance demand by establishing static and dynamic models based on panel data from 31 provinces in China from 2005 to 2022. Also, the spatial spillover effects of haze pollution in different regions on the development of commercial health insurance in other regions are investigated by establishing a spatial Durbin model. It is found that (1) haze pollution has a lagged positive effect on the demand for commercial health insurance; (2) haze pollution has a significant spatial spillover effect on the development of commercial health insurance; (3) this study used Python technology to construct a climate risk perception index, and found that the moderating effect of the residents’ perception of climate risk existed significantly, and that the residents might take other measures to manage the risk in the short term, but in the long term, the climate risk perception showed a positive correlation with the level of education.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This paper provides implications for government departments and social media to strengthen education and publicity, improve residents’ awareness of risk diversification, and deepen the concept of commercial health protection.”

For more information on this research see: Haze Pollution, Climate Risk Perception and Demand for Commercial Health Insurance. SAGE Open, 2024,14. (SAGE Open - http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgoa). The publisher for SAGE Open is SAGE Publishing.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241242544.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Xiaoyi Li, Shenzhen University, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Qibo Tian.

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