Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 7, Pages 8246-8257Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11172-6
Keywords
Female labor share; Carbon emissions embodied in trade; Ecofeminism; Political participation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71471001, 41771568, 71533004, 71503001, 71601170]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFA0602500, 16YJC630123]
- Qingdao Social Science Planning Project [QDSKL2001002]
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This study found that an increase in female labor share contributes to a reduction in trade-related embodied carbon emissions, especially in developing countries. Encouraging female employment can help policy makers reduce emissions embodied in trade, providing a new perspective on addressing trade-related emissions.
This study innovatively investigates the impact of female labor share on trade-related embodied carbon based on the idea of ecofeminism. Regression results show that an increase in the female labor share contributes to a reduction in emissions embodied in trade, and that this effect is more significant after the control variables, education level and female political participation, are included. More specifically, in developed countries, higher female labor force participation would reduce the embodied carbon related to imports and exports only in the service sector. However, in developing countries, increases in female labor force participation are conducive to reducing the embodied carbon of exports and imports in the service and industrial sectors, respectively. This study provides new evidence for policy makers to reduce trade-related emissions embodied in trade by encouraging female employment.
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