Employment in China’s hi-tech zones

Chuchu Chen () and Albert Link
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Chuchu Chen: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2018, vol. 14, issue 3, No 12, 697-703

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore employment differences over time across China’s hi-tech zones. Using data from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, we find that if a university science park is within a hi-tech zone, employment in that zone is higher, but that finding only holds for zones established in the pre-information communication technology period. After 2000, proximity to a university science park does not appear to be necessary for the exchange of tacit knowledge which we contend leverages the technology base of firms and organizations in the zone and thus their level of employment. We also find greater employment in hi-tech zones in which information technology is a dominant industry.

Keywords: Employment; Hi-tech zone; University science park; Information technology; Program management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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