School of Public Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 25;10:1007528. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1007528. eCollection 2022.
The recent years' booming digital economy can not only benefit businesses, but also be an important way to improve people's wellbeing. This paper aimed to identify the relationship between the digital economy based on the "Broadband China" pilot policy and occupational health by applying DID method. The empirical results highlight that occupational health in the pilot cities of "Broadband China" are significantly improved compared with those in non-pilot cities, indicating that the digital economy can significantly improve occupational health. However, this effect varies across regions with different levels of economic development. Compared with developed areas, the digital economy has a more obvious effect on the improvement of occupational health in less developed areas, which indicates that this effect conforms to the law of diminishing marginal effect. Therefore, the digital economy should be continuously promoted to improve occupational health. Governments at all levels should strengthen the network infrastructure to provide a good basic environment for the development of the digital economy. At the same time, governments should introduce more detailed digital economy goals and programs according to the actual situation of their jurisdictions to fully release the economic and social benefits of the digital economy.
近年来蓬勃发展的数字经济不仅有利于企业，也是提高人民福祉的重要途径。本文运用 DID 方法，旨在确定基于“宽带中国”试点政策的数字经济与职业健康之间的关系。实证结果表明，与非试点城市相比，“宽带中国”试点城市的职业健康状况明显改善，这表明数字经济可以显著改善职业健康。然而，这种效果因经济发展水平不同的地区而有所不同。与发达地区相比，数字经济对欠发达地区职业健康改善的影响更为明显，这表明这种效果符合边际效益递减规律。因此，应继续推进数字经济以改善职业健康。各级政府应加强网络基础设施建设，为数字经济发展提供良好的基础环境。同时，政府应根据辖区实际情况，引入更详细的数字经济目标和规划，充分释放数字经济的经济和社会效益。
