Chinese Border City Air Quality and Digital Economy Panel Data, 2014-2023

Panel data from Chinese inter-provincial border cities from 2014 to 2023 analyzes the impact of digital-economy development on air quality. Empirical results show the digital economy significantly improves air quality, with stronger effects in non-contiguous, poverty-stricken areas. The dataset, authored by Huifu Li and shared under CC-BY-4.0, includes mechanism analysis on market segmentation and environmental regulation.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between digital economy development and air quality based on panel data
• Analyzing spatial-spillover effects of economic activity on pollution in adjacent regions
• Investigating how regional market segmentation influences environmental outcomes
• Assessing the role of environmental tracking and regulatory capacity in pollution reduction

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year time range from 2014 to 2023
• Focuses on a specific geographic context of Chinese inter-provincial border cities
• Explicitly licensed for open use under CC-BY-4.0

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

Huifu Li via figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official Chinese statistical and environmental sources for research purposes.

Time Range

2014 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:43:38

Geography

Chinese inter-provincial border cities