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Research On The Contribution Of Regional Higher Education To Local Economic Growth

Posted on:2021-02-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2427330611964410Subject:Educational Economy and Management
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The development of regional higher education should adapt to the changes of the main social contradictions of our country and the transformation of the economic development mode caused by the new normal of economy.It should also effectively respond to the new challenges of China's "double first-class" construction and play its role in delivering talents for the region and driving the economic development of the local and surrounding areas.Therefore,the development of regional higher education has become an important support for high-quality economic development and a new growth point for local economic growth.However,the development level of higher education in some regions failed to meet the needs of local economic development,so that regional higher education failed to effectively serve local economic and social development.Chongqing has a location characteristic in the western region where the development of higher education is relatively backward.Taking Chongqing higher education as the research object,this paper analyzes the interactive relationship between the scale of higher education and economic growth in Chongqing,calculates the contribution rate of Chongqing's higher education to economic growth and compares it with the whole country and the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt.It helps to improve the understanding of regional higher education's ability to serve local economic and social development.Based on various statistical yearbooks from 1998 to 2018,this paper selects relevant data of higher education and economy in Chongqing,makes descriptive statistical analysis on the current situation of higher education and economic development in Chongqing,and explores the interactive relationship between higher education and economic growth in Chongqing with reference to the theory of econometrics.It is found that since 1997,there has been a long-term balanced relationship between higher education and economic growth in Chongqing Department,there is an only oneway causal relationship between them,and the scale of higher education is the Granger cause of economic growth.The expansion of regional higher education scale to a certainextent promotes the growth of local economy.With the theory of economic growth as the theoretical support,based on the analysis method of Denison's factors,combined with the relevant statistical data of Chongqing,the whole country and provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt in 1997-2017,the contribution rate of higher education to economic growth in various regions is comparatively measured.The results reveal that the contribution rate of higher education to economic growth in Chongqing in 1997-2017 was 2.53%,which was significantly lower than that of Shanghai(4.46%),Zhejiang(3.27%)and Jiangsu(3.48%)along the Yangtze River Economic Belt were lower than the national average of 2.72% in the same period.According to the calculation results and practical analysis,this paper analyzes the reasons for the low contribution of higher education to economic growth in Chongqing,and finds that there are many problems existing in Chongqing,such as the insufficient of high-level colleges and high-quality talent training platform;the failure of higher education specialization setting to adapt to the transformation of industrial structure;the shortage of high-level talents;the unbalanced development of higher education in various areas of Chongqing and the inadequate investment in education funds.In order to further improve the ability of regional higher education to serve local economic and social development,the government and universities should accelerate the connotative development of colleges and universities,strive to improve the quality of higher education;reasonably allocate regional higher education resources,give full play to the radiating and leading role of high-quality education resources;adjust the professional structure of higher education,optimize the talent development platform;increase investment in higher education,and enrich the sources of education funding through multiple channels.
Keywords/Search Tags:Regional Higher Education, Yangtze River Economic Belt, Economic Growth, Contribution Rate
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