College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
China Western Economic Research Center, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 610074, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Feb;30(7):17681-17694. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23443-5. Epub 2022 Oct 6.
It's the direction of all humankind's joint efforts to develop clean cooking fuels and reduce carbon emissions vigorously. While most studies found that householder and family characteristics influence household cooking fuel choice, few studies focus on the relationship between labor transfer and the choice of clean cooking fuels. Based on the three-phase survey data of the China Labor-Force Dynamic Survey in 2012, 2014, and 2016, this paper analyzes the influence of labor transfer on rural households' cooking fuel choice. It focuses on the mediating role of income and the heterogeneity of labor transfer on household cooking fuel choice under different educational levels and location conditions. The results show that (1) from 2012 to 2016, there are regional differences in the development of clean cooking fuels; (2) labor transfer can promote households to choose clean cooking fuels, and this result remains robust after controlling for endogeneity; (3) labor transfer indirectly influences household cooking fuel choice through affecting family income; and (4) the impact of labor transfer on household cooking fuel choice varies with different education levels and location conditions. Therefore, analyzing the optimization of rural cooking energy structure from the perspective of labor transfer plays an important role in ensuring the sustainable development of clean cooking fuels in rural areas.
大力开发清洁能源和减少碳排放是全人类共同努力的方向。虽然大多数研究发现，家庭和家庭特征会影响家庭烹饪燃料的选择，但很少有研究关注劳动力转移与清洁能源选择之间的关系。基于 2012 年、2014 年和 2016 年中国劳动力动态调查的三期调查数据，本文分析了劳动力转移对农村家庭烹饪燃料选择的影响。它重点关注了在不同教育水平和地理位置条件下，收入和劳动力转移对家庭烹饪燃料选择的中介作用的异质性。结果表明：（1）2012 年至 2016 年，清洁能源的发展存在区域差异；（2）劳动力转移可以促进家庭选择清洁能源，而且在控制了内生性之后，这一结果仍然是稳健的；（3）劳动力转移通过影响家庭收入间接影响家庭烹饪燃料选择；（4）劳动力转移对家庭烹饪燃料选择的影响因教育水平和地理位置条件而异。因此，从劳动力转移的角度分析农村烹饪能源结构的优化，对确保农村清洁能源的可持续发展具有重要意义。
