Impact of Higher Education Resources Input on Population Agglomeration: Evidence from China

Abstract

The development of regional economy has always been the research hotspot of economists. The distribution of population is an important factor affecting regional economy. Based on provincial panel data, this paper studies the relationship between higher education resource input and population agglomeration in different provinces. At the same time, the number of health institutions, per capita GDP and urban population ratio are controlled for explanatory variables and binary variables by region. The results show that higher education resources input has a significant positive effect on population agglomeration. From the perspective of the 31 provinces divided into eastern, central and western regions, the higher education resources input in the eastern and central regions has an obvious positive effect on population agglomeration, and the effect in the central region is higher than that in the eastern region. Based on this, the paper puts forward some suggestions, such as paying attention to education equity, promoting the balance of higher education resources, enhancing the independent development ability of higher education in central and western China, improving the matching degree between the specialty setting of higher education and the demand of labor market, and strengthening the policy guidance of employment and entrepreneurship.