Fiscal Decentralization and Regional Economic Growth in China Zhang Qian1 and Deng Ming2 October 26, 2017 (1.National School of Development, Peking University; 2. School of Economics, Xiamen University)Abstract: Fiscal decentralization is an important institutional factor which affects the velocity of Chinese economic increase. On one hand, it can improve the quality of public goods, save administration cost, as well as promote the division and specialization of labor. On the other hand, over-compe...
A Study on the Relationship between China’ s Land Finance and Its Economic Growth:Based on the Spatial Dubin Model Empirical Test Wu Shiwei1 and Wang Xiaoqin2 October 26, 2017 (1.China School of Economics and Management,University of Fuzhou; 2.School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology)Abstract: This paper, based on the panel data collected from 289 prefecture-level cities in China between 2004 and 2013, discusses, from a spatial economics perspective, how land finance influences short and long term economic growth. It then goes on to introduc...
Research on Interacting Relation between Urbanizationand and House Price: Based on the data of Regional Center Cities of 2006-2013 Zhu Jiangli October 26, 2017 (School of Journalism & Communication, Nanjing University)Abstract: The essay divides urbanization quality into industrial urbanization,population urbanization and land urbanization, and analyzesthe interacting mechanism betweenurbanizationand house price, and also uses the data of regional center cities of 2006-2013 and PVAR model to test. The results show: first, land urbanization develops to...
The Expansion of Higher Education and the Economic Growth in China：an Empirical Analysis Based on the Provincial Panel Data Qin Yong and Wang Xiaokun October 26, 2017 (School of Economics and Trade, Nanjing Audit University)Abstract: Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in the mainland of China for 2004-2013, an empirical test was conducted by applying the fixed effect model and the method of gradual variable addition, the results yielded from which show that the expansion of the scale of higher education has a significant positive, yet lagged, effect on ...
Does Industry transfer of Regional manufacturing industry contribute to total factor productivity? ——Based on panel data of city level Zhang Xiusheng and Huang Xianhua October 26, 2017 (Institute for the Development of Central China)Abstract :The transfer of industry is an important way to promote the transformation and upgrading of regional industries, where the increase of total factor productivity is the key goal. Based on the panel data of 347 cities in China from 2006 to 2015, this paper analyzes the impact of transfer of industry，both inward and outward, on regional to...
Biased Technological Progress: An Explanation to the‘Labor Shortage’in the Pearl River Delta Wei Wei1,2 and Wang Linhui1 Wei Wei1,2 and Wang Linhui1 October 26, 2017 (1.Economics and Management Department ,East China Normal University;2.School of Applied Technology, Jiaxing University)Abstract: The‘labor shortage’ , which has been baffling the economic development in the Pearl River Delta, has been interpreted in the frontier literature from the perspectives of labor supply and mobility, wages and social security. This paper, however, attempts to investig...
Job Change and Wage Growth of Migrant Workers：Evidence from Night-time Lights Data Jiang Hechao October 26, 2017 （School of Social and Behavioral Sciences,Nanjing University） Abstract: Previous studies have found that job change can significantly increase migrant workers’wage earnings. Based on the 2014 survey data from thirteen cities in seven provinces and Night-time Lights Data, this paper examines the causality between job change and wage growth of migrant workers. The results by ordinary least squ...
Influencing Factors of Imbalanced Allocation of Public Cultural Service Resources in Urban and Rural Areas and Its Improvements Yang Lin and Wang Lu October 26, 2017 (School of Business, Shandong University)Abstract: Imbalanced allocation of public cultural service resources in urban and rural areas has always been one of the major obstacles that hinder the overall and coordinated development of urban and rural areas.The empirical analysis shows that while the degree of imbalanced allocation of public cultural service resources in urban and rural areas fell...