Research on the Influence of Economic Development Quality on Regional Employment Quality: Evidence from the Provincial Panel Data in China

Qiong Wang and Jiahui Shao ()
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Qiong Wang: Aliyun School of Big Data, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Jiahui Shao: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-22

Abstract: Economic development plays an important role in regional employment quality. Taking provincial panel data in China during 2010–2019 as a sample, we constructed an employment quality and economic development quality indicator system. The system conducted a comprehensive evaluation model with entropy weight to measure provincial employment and economic development quality indexes. The system also applied fixed-effect panel regression models to research the influence of economic development quality on regional employment quality. The results showed that employment structure affected the regional employment quality index, followed by social security. There were regional differences in the employment quality index, among which the employment quality index in the eastern area was higher, and it was at its lowest in the western region. The sharing economy was a critical factor in economic development quality, which had significant regional heterogeneity. Economic growth had the most significant and positive influence on employment quality, followed by the sharing economy and economic structure. In addition, the consumer price index and the urban–rural gap substantially affected employment quality. However, education expenditure played a significant inhibitory role in employment quality. Economic development quality had the most significant effect on eastern employment quality, followed by the central region, and it had the least effect in the west.

Keywords: employment quality system; economic development quality system; entropy method; fixed-effect panel regression model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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