Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
Abstract Investing in human capital can assist in achieving technological innovations, while the spatial spillover effects of human capital on urban innovation in urban agglomeration are largely ignored. Using the panel data of 108 cities in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) during 2011–202...
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| description | Abstract Investing in human capital can assist in achieving technological innovations, while the spatial spillover effects of human capital on urban innovation in urban agglomeration are largely ignored. Using the panel data of 108 cities in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) during 2011–2020, this paper explores the interactions between human capital and urban innovation with a two-way fixed effects Spatial Durbin Model framework, which incorporates the interpretation of spatial spillover effects. The results show that urban innovation in the YREB has spatial heterogeneity in the structure, which is reflected in its diffusion from the downstream cities on the eastern coast to the upstream cities in the western region. Then, the low-level human capital inhibits the development of local innovation, while intermediate and high-level human capital improves local innovation. Furthermore, the spatial spillover effect shows an opposite trend. The impact of human capital on urban innovation is not significant in the downstream cities, such as Shanghai and Nanjing. Finally, three policy directions are proposed to optimize the human capital structure of the YREB, which are, strengthening investment in human capital and technological innovation, enhancing the talent spillover effect, and improving basic education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38b1ac3b2a3d4fa982de597e606f23ed2023-07-02T11:10:24ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922023-06-0110111310.1057/s41599-023-01809-5Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, ChinaFenghua Wen0Shan Yang1Daohan Huang2School of Government, Central University of Finance and EconomicsSchool of Government, Central University of Finance and EconomicsSchool of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureAbstract Investing in human capital can assist in achieving technological innovations, while the spatial spillover effects of human capital on urban innovation in urban agglomeration are largely ignored. Using the panel data of 108 cities in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) during 2011–2020, this paper explores the interactions between human capital and urban innovation with a two-way fixed effects Spatial Durbin Model framework, which incorporates the interpretation of spatial spillover effects. The results show that urban innovation in the YREB has spatial heterogeneity in the structure, which is reflected in its diffusion from the downstream cities on the eastern coast to the upstream cities in the western region. Then, the low-level human capital inhibits the development of local innovation, while intermediate and high-level human capital improves local innovation. Furthermore, the spatial spillover effect shows an opposite trend. The impact of human capital on urban innovation is not significant in the downstream cities, such as Shanghai and Nanjing. Finally, three policy directions are proposed to optimize the human capital structure of the YREB, which are, strengthening investment in human capital and technological innovation, enhancing the talent spillover effect, and improving basic education.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01809-5 |
| spellingShingle | Fenghua Wen Shan Yang Daohan Huang Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China |
| title_full | Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China |
| title_fullStr | Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China |
| title_short | Heterogeneous human capital, spatial spillovers and regional innovation: evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China |
| title_sort | heterogeneous human capital spatial spillovers and regional innovation evidence from the yangtze river economic belt china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01809-5 |
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