Education levels and high-quality economic development

Lulu Yu and Yang Liu

Finance Research Letters, 2025, vol. 80, issue C

Abstract: This study examines the impact of education on high-quality economic development (HQD) using panel data from 273 Chinese cities (2003–2021). Education enhances HQD by promoting technological progress and employment structure, fostering innovation and economic transformation. Fiscal decentralization moderates this relationship, amplifying education's effects in regions with greater local autonomy. Heterogeneity analysis reveals stronger impacts in southern and capital cities and weaker impacts in northern and non-capital areas. Robustness checks confirm the findings’ stability. These results underscore education's role in innovation and inclusive growth, urging policymakers to integrate education with governance and industrial policies for sustainable economic development.

Keywords: Education; High-quality economic development; Technological progress; Employment structure; Fiscal decentralization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107228

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