Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jiangxi Open University, Jiangxi, China.
Department of Economics, Water and Marine Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Lasbela, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Sep;29(43):64560-64567. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-20292-0. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
The upsurge in higher education is considered a key determinant for enhancing green growth. Moreover, ICT development is also the main catalyst of green growth. This research explores the role of higher education and ICT on green growth for China from 1995 to 2020. The study employs auto-regressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach for short-run and long-run estimates of green growth. The effect of higher education and ICT on green growth is significantly positive in the long run and short run. The outcomes of the empirical models reveal that financial inclusion is positively associated with green growth in both long run and short run. Moreover, renewable energy consumption is found to have a positive impact on green growth. The findings thus point to the need for policies that promote human capital and ICT infrastructure as a way of accelerating green growth.
高等教育的兴起被认为是增强绿色增长的关键决定因素。此外，信息通信技术（ICT）的发展也是绿色增长的主要催化剂。本研究探讨了 1995 年至 2020 年期间高等教育和 ICT 对中国绿色增长的影响。该研究采用自回归分布滞后（ARDL）方法对绿色增长的短期和长期估计。从长期和短期来看，高等教育和 ICT 对绿色增长的影响显著为正。实证模型的结果表明，金融包容性在长期和短期都与绿色增长呈正相关。此外，可再生能源消费对绿色增长也有积极影响。因此，这些研究结果表明，需要制定促进人力资本和信息通信技术基础设施的政策，以此来加速绿色增长。
