Is educational human capital a new driving force for improving green total factor productivity?——Based on the regulatory role of environmental regulations
The improvement of green total factor productivity is the key to achieve sustainable and high-quality regional develop-ment.In order to clarify the new driving force behind the improvement of green total factor productivity,based on panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2006 to 2020,this paper used the SBM-GML model to systematically analyze and empirically test the mecha-nism of the role of educational human capital in green total factor productivity and the regulatory role of environmental regulations.The results showed that:①Both medium and high levels of human capital had a significant promoting effect on green total factor productivi-ty,while low level of human capital formed a significant inhibitory effect.②There was a non-linear relationship and an inverted"N"trend characteristic between environmental regulation and green total factor productivity.③The interaction between human capital and environmental regulations had a significant negative impact on green total factor productivity in the eastern and western regions,while the impact on the central region was not significant.Based on these conclusions,this paper proposed relevant political recommendations to promote the effective improvement of regional green total factor productivity.
educational human capitalGTFPenvironmental regulationsregulatory effectSBM-GML model