Table_1_Research on the impact of the development of green finance in the China region on residents’ health.xlsx

In the context of implementing the strategy of “double carbon” and “healthy China,” this paper firstly measures the level of green finance development and the comprehensive index of health care accessibility in each province by using the entropy weight method based on 30 provincial panel data from 2007 to 2021. A panel fixed effects model was also used to empirically analyze the effect of regional green finance development on the improvement of residents’ health. In addition, a panel threshold model was constructed to empirically test the threshold effect of green finance on residents’ health under the influence of four external environments: carbon intensity level, healthcare accessibility, residents’ living standard and human capital level. The empirical results show that the regional green financial development in China significantly improves the health level of residents. And the impact has significant regional heterogeneity, as shown in the improvement effect is more significant for the provinces in the central and western regions. In addition, the impact of green financial development on the health level of residents in China is non-linearly influenced by external environmental factors. The improvement effect of green finance on residents’ health level is more significant in the provinces with higher carbon intensity level, residents’ living standard, human capital level and lower accessibility to medical services. In this regard, regional governments should continue to build and optimize a synergistic development ecosystem of green finance and public health, give full play to the advantages of financial leverage, promote green, low-carbon and high-quality economic and social development, and realize the beautiful vision of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.

在“双碳（double carbon）”与“健康中国（healthy China）”战略实施背景下，本文基于2007-2021年我国30个省份的面板数据，首先采用熵权法（entropy weight method）测算各省份绿色金融（green finance）发展水平与医疗服务可及性（healthcare accessibility）综合指数；随后采用面板固定效应模型（panel fixed effects model）实证分析区域绿色金融发展对居民健康水平提升的影响效应。此外，本文构建面板门槛模型（panel threshold model），实证检验碳强度水平、医疗服务可及性、居民生活水平与人力资本水平四类外部环境下，绿色金融对居民健康的门槛效应。实证结果表明，我国区域绿色金融发展可显著提升居民健康水平，且该影响存在显著区域异质性，中西部省份的健康提升效应更为显著。此外，绿色金融发展对我国居民健康水平的影响受外部环境因素的非线性调节：在碳强度较高、居民生活水平与人力资本水平更高、医疗服务可及性更低的省份，绿色金融对居民健康水平的提升效应更为显著。据此，地方政府应持续构建并优化绿色金融与公共卫生协同发展生态，充分发挥金融杠杆优势，推动经济社会绿色低碳高质量发展，实现人与自然和谐共生的美好愿景。