 How does the spatial agglomeration of human capital affect strategic innovation in China?Haifeng Zhang and Ruitian Guo Journal of Asian Economics, 2025, vol. 96, issue C Abstract: This study investigates whether and how the spatial agglomeration of human capital affects strategic innovation, as measured by invention patents in strategic emerging industries in China. We also evaluate the aggregate effects of human capital allocation between 2000 and 2020 on strategic innovation based on the estimates. The results show that increases in human capital density significantly promote strategic innovation. On average, a 1 % increase in the densities of knowledge and technology talents contributes to an increase in strategic innovation by 0.19 % and 0.11 %, respectively. We further reveal that the agglomeration effects largely originate from the improvements in labor market matching and knowledge spillovers. Counterfactual analysis indicates that the spatial agglomeration of human capital would increase the overall strategic innovation by at least 1.36 % over the 2000–2020 period. Keywords: Strategic innovation; Spatial agglomeration; Innovative human capital; Aggregate effects (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:asieco:v:96:y:2025:i:c:s1049007824001635 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101868 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Asian Economics is currently edited by C. Wiemer More articles in Journal of Asian Economics from Elsevier |
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