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Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Asia and the Pacific –It’s Matter for Economic Performance with the 4th Industrial Revolution
by G.L.D. Wickramasinghe  and  Vathsala Wickramasinghe
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The very nature of work, labor market composition, and skill requirements are severely affected by technology-driven transformations currently underway with the 4th industrial revolution (4IR). The effect of 4IR technologies on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the contribution of TVET to the labor market is explicit. The paper presents the findings of [...] Read more

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How does digital finance affect industrial transformation?
by Rinat Zhanbayev  and  Wenchao Bu
Abstract
With the continuous advancement of technological revolution and industrial transformation, digital finance supported by big data and artificial intelligence has become an important engine for promoting carbon neutrality. We measured the industrial structure transformation index (ISU) of 30 provinces in China, and discussed the spatial spillover effect and transmission mechanism [...] Read more

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How does Financial Development Affect Regional Economic Growth in China? A Mediating Role of Industrial Structure Optimization
by Tao Zhu , Yu Liu  and  Jingru Chen
Abstract
Financial development and industrial structure optimization are two-wheeled engines for promoting high-quality development, but the causal identification of the two is still poorly understood. This paper addresses this research gap by comprehensively analyzing the relationship between them. Regional economic growth is a necessary condition for achieving high-quality development [...] Read more

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Does the digital economy promote industrial green transformation? Evidence from spatial Durbin model
by Mingyue Du  and  Siyu Ren
Abstract
The digital economy based on digital technology is an important force for high-quality economic growth and industrial transformation, and has great potential for value creation. Based on the data of 30 provinces in China from 2007 to 2017, this paper uses entropy method to calculate the industrial green transformation (IGT), and empirically analyzes the impact of Digital econom [...] Read more

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Dynamic Nonlinear Relationship between Digital Transformation, Green Transformation in Manufacturing Industry and Labor Structure: Evidence from Panel VAR Analysis
by Haiyong Jiang , Yinghui Han , Yue Wang  and  Zhenyu Chen
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The digital transformation of manufacturing industry can promote the development of green transformation and promote the differentiation of workers’ skill structure; On the other hand, it will also hinder the green development due to the huge energy consumption generated by the application of digital technology and facilities. In addition, the green transformation of manu [...] Read more

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Analysis of the impact of China's manufacturing export trade on carbon emissions
by Yujing Wang , Xiaoyi Fu  and  Yu Teng
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by human production activities has increased year by year, and the greenhouse effect has also increased. A series of problems, such as global warming, melting of the Antarctic continent, sea level rise and frequent occurrence of extreme climate, have attracted the attention of countries a [...] Read more

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Manufacturing Cost Estimation Using Piecewise Function Approaches
by Eren Sakinc  and  Alice E. Smith
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This paper describes two novel approaches to cost estimation of manufactured products where a data set of similar products have known manufactured costs. The methods use the notion of piecewise functions and are (1) clustering and (2) splines. Cost drivers are typically a mixture of categorical and numeric data which complicates cost estimation. Both clustering and splines appr [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, USA

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The reasons that younger homeowners are less likely to become entrepreneurs: The role of capital constraints
by Mingzhi Hu  and  Xiaoshuang Li
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Considering that housing is the single biggest asset for most households, owning a home may create barriers to entrepreneurship for young people who generally accumulate relatively little wealth due to a short-term career and low income. Using longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey, our empirical work suggests that homeowners are associated with sig [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Wuhan, China

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Influencing Factors as well as Implementation Path of Synergistic Development of Digitalization and Greening in Manufacturing Industry: Analysis from a Configuration Perspective
by Haiyong Jiang , Yinghui Han  and  Yan Qin
Abstract
The manufacturing sector must incorporate digitalization and greening as crucial strategies to attain high level of development in the context of the digital economy, given its significant role in quality of environment. Most of existing studies explore net effect of a single or several factors on the digitalization or greening in the manufacturing industry. Limited investigati [...] Read more

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On the Role of the Digital Industry in Reshaping Urban Economic Structure: the Case of Hangzhou, China
by Xuliang Zhang , Chenxiang Elaine Ji , Haixia Zhang , Yuchen Wei  and  Jianwei Jin
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The digital economy industry plays a transformative role in reshaping the global production networks, the local division of production, and the integration and innovation of business forms. However, to what extent the industry enables the high-quality development and upgrading of urban economies is unclear. Based on the census data of digital economy enterprises in Hangzhou in [...] Read more

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Ways to improve cross-regional resource allocation: Does the development of digitalization matter?
by Haitao Wu , Yu Hao , Chuanzhen Geng , Weiheng Sun , Youcheng Zhou  and  Feiling Lu
Abstract
The long-term extensive economic development has caused China's resource and environmental problems, especially the resource misallocation. The way China prioritises its limited resources is being significantly impacted by the rise of the digital economy and the interconnectedness of new technologies and the real economy. This paper quantitatively examines the linear and nonlin [...] Read more

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Impact of Carbon Emission Trading Market on Regional Urbanization: an Empirical Study Based on a Difference-In-Differences Model
by Haoyuan Cheng , Xiaoqian Liu  and  Zhenlong Xu
Abstract
China's carbon emission trading market has been formally established, but few studies have been conducted to analyze the impact of this policy on the regional urbanization level. Therefore, this paper evaluates whether the carbon trading pilot policy can enhance the regional urbanization level in China through the difference-in-differences method and analyzes the mediating role [...] Read more

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Does Internet Development Put Pressure on Energy-Saving Potential for Environmental Sustainability? Evidence from China
by Siyu Ren , Zhiyuan Liu , Rinat Z hanbayev  and  Mingyue Du
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With the development of information technology and its application in environmental governance, the role of the internet in improving energy efficiency and reducing energy-saving potential (ESP) has attracted more attention. In this study, the slack-based model (SBM) and the unexpected model, along with the entropy method, were applied to measure China's energy-saving potential [...] Read more

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Research on the Heterogeneity of Green Biased Technology Progress in Chinese Industries: Decomposition Index Analysis Based on the Slacks-based measure integrating
by Yuxin Meng , Lu Liu , Zhenlong Xu , Wenwen Gong  and  Guanpeng Yan
Abstract
Green-biased technological progress takes into account the influence of energy input and pollution emissions, which is of great significance to China's green development. This paper decomposes technological progress into two categories: green input-biased technological progress (IBTC) and green output-biased technological progress (OBTC), using the Slacks-based measure integrat [...] Read more

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Progress, Evolving Paradigms and Recent Trends in Economic Analysis
by Robertas Damasevicius
Abstract
This paper provides a thorough review of the shifting landscape of economic analysis, spotlighting recent trends and predicting future paths. While traditional economic models remain key for interpreting economic activity, they are being supplemented by fresh methods and cross-disciplinary viewpoints. The increased attention to inequality studies, using advanced statistical tec [...] Read more

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Political Promotion and Manufacturing Firm Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Firms
by Long Wang , Qifeng Zhao  and  Wenyin Chen
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This paper aims to investigate the impact of political promotion on the productivity of manufacturing firms using the database of Chinese industrial enterprises from 1998 to 2007. We found that the political promotion of officials had a negative impact on manufacturing firm productivity, and this impact varied according to the characteristics of officials and enterprises. [...] Read more

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Do Dirty Energies Influence Sustainable Energy Indices Price Formation?
by Rui Dias  and  Rosa Galvão
Abstract
The clean energy revolution is a global concern. Cross-border collaboration is crucial for sharing knowledge, pooling resources, and tackling complex challenges on a global scale. International partnerships can accelerate innovation by drawing on diverse knowledge and experience from different regions. Access to capital is a key driver of innovation and entrepreneurship in clea [...] Read more

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The Impact of Carbon Emissions Trading on the High Quality Development of Manufacturing Industry - The Evidence from China
by Ying Li  and  Changgeng Zhu
Abstract
Carbon emissions trading is an important part of emission reduction policy tools, and manufacturing is the foundation of a strong country. This paper explores the impact of carbon emissions trading pilot on the high-quality development of manufacturing industry by using the double difference method. It is found that carbon emissions trading can significantly promote the high-qu [...] Read more

Letter
The Driving Force of CO2 Reduction in China’s Industries
by Lu Liu  and  Chengzhao You
Abstract
We employ the joint production decomposition model to conduct a full decomposition of CO2 emission among 36 industrial sectors in China from 1998 to 2011, under the framework of growth accounting. The results show that: (1) the average CO2 emission increases at an annual rate of 3.01%, and production technology progression is the main driving force, while the transformation tow [...] Read more

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How Does FDI-Led Growth Strategy Work? Some Lessons from China for Developing Countries
by Kevin H. Zhang
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely viewed as a key driving force behind China’s exceptional growth performance in the last four decades. This paper investigates several questions posed by China’s success in capturing gains from FDI. What explains that success? Can other countries replicate it, or is it unique to China? What lessons are from China for other co [...] Read more