The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China
Digital infrastructure, serving as the fundamental carrier of data elements, allows China to balance economic growth with reduced carbon intensity, opening new pathways for sustainable economic development globally. This study employs a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach to investigate the imp...
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| author | Yang Zhongxin Yang Zhongxin Huang Shanshan Ma Jing Song Ceyuan Xu Shujing |
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| description | Digital infrastructure, serving as the fundamental carrier of data elements, allows China to balance economic growth with reduced carbon intensity, opening new pathways for sustainable economic development globally. This study employs a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach to investigate the impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance, and extend the research perspective to a micro level, focusing on mechanisms involving household consumption and enterprise production. The results demonstrate that (1) Digital infrastructure can enhances urban carbon performance by promoting green product innovation of enterprises and changing consumers’ consumption patterns (2) Heterogeneity analysis indicates that cities with higher income and educational levels among residents experience a more significant improvement in carbon performance, and digital infrastructure’s impact varies when combined with enterprise characteristics and technological capabilities, with non-state-owned enterprises and high-tech enterprises having relatively higher carbon-saving effects. The research results of this paper emphasize role of micro-subjects in the process of digital infrastructure affecting total-factor carbon emission performance, which has important theoretical and practical significance for guiding future economic policies and strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f866e50c341f481bad65600ba35a591b2025-01-31T06:40:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2025-01-011310.3389/fenvs.2025.15060121506012The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in ChinaYang Zhongxin0Yang Zhongxin1Huang Shanshan2Ma Jing3Song Ceyuan4Xu Shujing5School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, ChinaHubei Regional Innovation Capacity Monitoring and Analysis Soft Science Research Base, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, ChinaDigital infrastructure, serving as the fundamental carrier of data elements, allows China to balance economic growth with reduced carbon intensity, opening new pathways for sustainable economic development globally. This study employs a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach to investigate the impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance, and extend the research perspective to a micro level, focusing on mechanisms involving household consumption and enterprise production. The results demonstrate that (1) Digital infrastructure can enhances urban carbon performance by promoting green product innovation of enterprises and changing consumers’ consumption patterns (2) Heterogeneity analysis indicates that cities with higher income and educational levels among residents experience a more significant improvement in carbon performance, and digital infrastructure’s impact varies when combined with enterprise characteristics and technological capabilities, with non-state-owned enterprises and high-tech enterprises having relatively higher carbon-saving effects. The research results of this paper emphasize role of micro-subjects in the process of digital infrastructure affecting total-factor carbon emission performance, which has important theoretical and practical significance for guiding future economic policies and strategies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1506012/fulldigital infrastructuretotal factor carbon emission performancegreen consumptiongreen product innovationgreen market |
| spellingShingle | Yang Zhongxin Yang Zhongxin Huang Shanshan Ma Jing Song Ceyuan Xu Shujing The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China Frontiers in Environmental Science digital infrastructure total factor carbon emission performance green consumption green product innovation green market |
| title | The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China |
| title_full | The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China |
| title_fullStr | The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China |
| title_short | The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China |
| title_sort | impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in china |
| topic | digital infrastructure total factor carbon emission performance green consumption green product innovation green market |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1506012/full |
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