Government spending on local higher education institutions (LHEIs) in China: analysing the determinants of general appropriations and their contributions
Government spending on local higher education institutions (LHEIs) in China: analysing the determinants of general appropriations and their contributions
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DOI：
10.1080/03075079.2020.1750586
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发表时间：
2020-04
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Yipeng Tang
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作者：
Yipeng Tang
摘要政府高等教育支出是一个长期的研究主题，但来自中国的经验证据相对较少。本文基于2003 - 2016年中国31个省份地方高等教育机构的面板数据，考察了一般拨款的决定因素，并在考虑社会经济、政治和高等教育变量的情况下量化了它们的相对贡献。双向固定效应模型的结果表明，省人均GDP，政府规模，教育支出的百分比，总入学率，学费是五个主要的决定因素。Shapley分解的结果表明，这5个决定因素共同贡献了总R2的56.793%.本文以中国近20年来高等教育规模扩张的实践为基础，提出了维持高等教育经费的政策建议。
ABSTRACT Government spending on higher education is a perennial research theme, but empirical evidence from China is relatively rare. Based on panel data of local higher education institutions in 31 Chinese provinces from 2003 to 2016, this paper investigates the determinants of general appropriations and quantifies their relative contributions in consideration of socioeconomic, political, and higher education variables. The results of two-way fixed effect modelling reveal that province GDP per capita, government size, percent of education spending, total enrolment, and tuition fees are five major determinants. Further, the results of Shapley decomposition show that these five determinants jointly contribute to 56.793% of total R 2. Drawing on Chinese practices of higher education expansion in the last two decades, this paper concludes with policy implications for sustaining higher education funding.