摘要
本文使用中国232个地级及以上城市第四、五、六次人口普查的面板数据,实证检验人力资本积累对城市规模扩张的影响。研究发现,接受大专及以上教育人口占总人口的比重每增加1%,城市人口规模会增长1.15%;接受高中及以上教育人口占总人口的比重每增加1%,则城市人口规模增长0.17%。这表明我国人力资本积累存在溢出效应,人力资本积累的溢出效应促进了城市规模的扩张。由于人力资本外部性的存在,家庭及城市政府对人力资本的投资会低于社会最优水平,因而中央政府应加大对教育尤其是高等教育的投资,这将有利于进一步提升我国城市化水平。
By using Chinese 232 prefecture-level city panel data,the paper examines the impact of human capital accumulation on the growth of the city scale.We find that there exist spillover effects of human capital accumulation,which enhance the growth of the city scale.Specifically,when the proportion of college degree and above to the resident population increases by 1%,the scale of the urban population will grow by 1.15%.Further,we discuss its policy implications,due to the existence of externalities of human capital,family and city government's investment in human capital will be lower than the socially optimal level,so the central government should invest much more on education especially on higher education so as to enhance the level of urbanization in China.
出处
《中南财经政法大学学报》
CSSCI
北大核心
2012年第6期15-20,142-143,共6页
Journal of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
关键词
人力资本积累
溢出效应
城市规模
Human Capital Accumulation
Spillover Effects
City Scale
