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<p>This paper not only explores the substantial rise in carbon dioxide emissions driven by urbanization and industrialization in China, but also analyzes the associated risks to urban environmental sustainability. While maintaining stable economic growth and reducing income inequality within cities, this study examines ways to promote a low-carbon transition in socioeconomic development. Using quasi-natural experiments, Evidence from this study suggests that the low-carbon city pilot policy (LCPP) affects income inequality through income and employment effects. In addition, this paper verifies the wide applicability and accuracy of the research through heterogeneity analysis and robustness tests. Using data from China, the world’s largest developing economy, this study adds new evidence on sustainable urban development. It offers useful lessons for other countries that also need to balance economic growth, social fairness, and environmental protection. The results of this paper demonstrate that building a green economy and strengthening the LCPP can help cities move from traditional industry to a more efficient, low-carbon way of producing and consuming. Based on these results, this paper suggests continuing and improving the LCPP, encouraging technological innovation and green investment, increasing urban green space, and supporting the use of renewable energy to help achieve more inclusive and sustainable urban development worldwide.</p>

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Does low-carbon pilot policy affect urban income inequality? evidence from quasi-natural experiments

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    2026年1月3日

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  • Fei Yang

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This paper not only explores the substantial rise in carbon dioxide emissions driven by urbanization and industrialization in China, but also analyzes the associated risks to urban environmental sustainability. While maintaining stable economic growth and reducing income inequality within cities, this study examines ways to promote a low-carbon transition in socioeconomic development. Using quasi-natural experiments, Evidence from this study suggests that the low-carbon city pilot policy (LCPP) affects income inequality through income and employment effects. In addition, this paper verifies the wide applicability and accuracy of the research through heterogeneity analysis and robustness tests. Using data from China, the world’s largest developing economy, this study adds new evidence on sustainable urban development. It offers useful lessons for other countries that also need to balance economic growth, social fairness, and environmental protection. The results of this paper demonstrate that building a green economy and strengthening the LCPP can help cities move from traditional industry to a more efficient, low-carbon way of producing and consuming. Based on these results, this paper suggests continuing and improving the LCPP, encouraging technological innovation and green investment, increasing urban green space, and supporting the use of renewable energy to help achieve more inclusive and sustainable urban development worldwide.