How Two-Child Policy Affects China's Energy Consumption
The Mediating Role of Lifestyle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22077063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fengzhang Chen (Chongqing University), Wei Wang (0000-0001-5806-2368, Chongqing University), Yanfei Wang (0009-0000-6946-2690, Chongqing Municipal Government), Yongqiu Wu (0000-0003-3119-5181, Chongqing University, corresponding author), Yong-Qiu Wu (0000-0003-4851-6383, Chongqing University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 866324-866324 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.866324 |
| PMID | 35462825 |
| OpenAlex | W4226108601 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 46 |
Background: Existing literature believed that the birth control policy affects energy consumption through the change in population size, but ignored the changes in people's lifestyle. This may mislead the government's policy-making about population and energy consumption. Method: This article proposed a Population-Lifestyle-Energy (PLE) model to provide new insights into how birth control policy affects energy consumption if the changes in people's lifestyle are considered. The ProFamy software is used to forecast the changes in demographic characteristics. The methods of regression analysis and Input-Output Analysis are used to predict the impacts of lifestyle changes on energy consumption. Results: We find that China's two-child policy will result in the total energy consumption increase by 16.2% in 2050, far outpacing the population increase of 9.3% when considering the indirect effect of lifestyle changes. This is significantly different from the optimistic wisdom in the existing literature. We also find the non-linear relationships between fertility rate and energy consumption. Conclusion: Ignoring lifestyle changes will lead to an underestimation of energy consumption. Contrary to conventional optimistic wisdom, we believe that the two-child policy will make it difficult for China to meet promised energy conservation goals
China · Demographic economics · Economics · Energy conservation · Energy consumption · Energy policy · Environmental health · Family planning · Political science · Population · Population control · Public economics · Renewable energy · Sociology · Statistics · Birth, Development, and Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |