The role of green technology innovation on employment: does industrial structure optimization and air quality matter?

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 7 The mediating effect of industrial structure

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Variables	Emp	IS	Emp	Emp	IS	Emp
lnGIPC	0.056***	0.016**	0.052***
	(5.09)	(2.45)	(4.77)
lnIS			0.254***			0.264***
			(3.68)			(3.78)
lnGIPC1				0.047***	0.006	0.045***
				(5.63)	(1.33)	(5.39)
lnGIPC2
lnGIPC3
lnGIPC4
lnGIPC5
lnGIPC6
lnGIPC7
Constant	4.738***	− 2.306***	5.323***	4.780***	− 2.288***	5.385***
	(5.35)	(− 3.98)	(5.60)	(5.39)	(− 3.97)	(5.65)
Observations	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432
R-squared	0.438	0.433	0.448	0.438	0.430	0.449
Number of cities	286	286	286	286	286	286
City FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Time FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Variables	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
Variables	Emp	IS	Emp	Emp	IS	Emp
lnGIPC
lnIS			0.262***			0.268***
			(3.70)			(3.81)
lnGIPC1
lnGIPC2	0.037***	0.010**	0.034***
	(4.09)	(2.01)	(3.92)
lnGIPC3				0.037***	0.005	0.036***
				(4.19)	(1.03)	(4.08)
lnGIPC4
lnGIPC5
lnGIPC6
lnGIPC7
Constant	4.627***	− 2.334***	5.238***	4.706***	− 2.298***	5.321***
	(5.17)	(− 3.97)	(5.43)	(5.25)	(− 3.95)	(5.52)
Observations	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432
R-squared	0.433	0.431	0.444	0.433	0.430	0.445
Number of cities	286	286	286	286	286	286
City FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Time FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Variables	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
Variables	Emp	IS	Emp	Emp	IS	Emp
lnGIPC
lnIS			0.265***			0.267***
			(3.72)			(3.70)
lnGIPC1
lnGIPC2
lnGIPC3
lnGIPC4	0.038***	0.007	0.036***
	(4.63)	(1.58)	(4.38)
lnGIPC5				0.040***	0.006	0.038***
				(3.72)	(1.38)	(3.63)
lnGIPC6
lnGIPC7
Constant	4.798***	− 2.287***	5.403***	4.751***	− 2.293***	5.363***
	(5.35)	(− 3.95)	(5.60)	(5.25)	(− 3.96)	(5.49)
Observations	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432
R-squared	0.434	0.430	0.445	0.433	0.430	0.445
Number of cities	286	286	286	286	286	286
City FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Time FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Variables	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(24)
Variables	Emp	IS	Emp	Emp	IS	Emp
lnGIPC
lnIS			0.257***			0.280***
			(3.55)			(3.92)
lnGIPC1
lnGIPC2
lnGIPC3
lnGIPC4
lnGIPC5
lnGIPC6	0.050***	0.009*	0.048***
	(5.27)	(1.72)	(5.03)
lnGIPC7				0.027***	− 0.005	0.028***
				(4.17)	(− 1.60)	(4.44)
Constant	4.575***	− 2.328***	5.173***	4.776***	− 2.275***	5.414***
	(5.19)	(− 3.94)	(5.42)	(5.30)	(− 3.96)	(5.60)
Observations	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432	3432
R-squared	0.441	0.431	0.452	0.431	0.430	0.443
Number of cities	286	286	286	286	286	286
City FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Time FE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes