Was Chinese “Double-First Class” Construction Policy Influential? Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching

Shengbo Liu (), Xiaoting Luo and Miaomiao Liu
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Shengbo Liu: School of Higher Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
Xiaoting Luo: School of Higher Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
Miaomiao Liu: School of Higher Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: The “double first-class” construction policy is an educational policy in China for building the world first-class universities and disciplines. The research objective of this paper is to verify the effect of “double first-class” construction policy. The Propensity Score Matching–Difference in Differences (PSM–DID) method was employed to gauge the academic influence of the policy. PSM–DID is a metering method specifically used to analyze the effectiveness of the policy to determine whether the impact of the policy has significant statistical significance. The panel data, covering the years 2016–2020, was derived from 122 universities in China and the United States, indicating the experimental and control data, respectively. The results show that the “double first-class” construction policy promotes the international academic influence of Chinese universities, but this promotion effect is not sustainable.

Keywords: double-first class; international academic; PSM-DID; policy effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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