Climate change mitigation policy and human health: Evidence from the forest farm carbon sink projects in China

Forest Farm Carbon Sink Projects (FFCSPs) represent a promising strategy for mitigating global climate change and improving public health. While the direct effects of such projects on carbon sequestration and participants' income are well researched, the potential co-benefits of FFCSPs on human health remain underexplored. The study bridges this research gap by examining the causal effect of FFCSPs on human health, measured through healthcare costs and the number of physician visits. Based on a panel dataset covering 140 counties in Sichuan, China, from 2002 to 2018, we employ Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences (PSM-DID) to mitigate potential endogeneity concerns. Our findings show that…

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  China Scholarship Council