高等教育规模是经济持续增长的重要因素,城镇化是否在高等教育规模对区域经济增长的影响中发挥了重要中介效应,需要进一步研究.为此,可以基于2004-2020年国家统计局省级面板数据,分析高等教育规模与区域经济增长的关系,辨析城镇化在两者关系中的作用,进而探究高等教育规模、城镇化对区域经济增长的影响机理.研究结果表明:高等教育规模促进区域经济增长具有直接作用;城镇化对区域经济增长具有正向驱动作用;城镇化在高等教育规模促进区域经济增长过程中发挥了中介效应.这也证明了"高等教育规模—城镇化—区域经济增长"机制的存在.为有效利用该机制,建议适度扩大高等教育规模,加快培养高层次创新人才,因地制宜加快新型城镇化建设,推动城镇产业结构升级,建设现代化产业体系,促进区域经济快速健康发展.
The scale of higher education is an important factor for sustained economic growth.Does urbanization play an important mediating role in the relationship between the scale of higher education and regional economic growth?Therefore,based on the provincial panel data of the National Bureau of Statistics from 2004 to 2020,this study analyzes the relationship between the scale of higher education and regional economic growth and identifies the role of urbanization in the relationship,so as to explore the impact mechanism of the scale of higher education and urbanization on urban integration.The results show that:The scale of higher education has a direct effect on regional economic growth;urbanization has a direct effect on regional economic growth;urbanization plays a mediating effect on the scale of higher education in the process of regional economic growth.This paper proves the existence of the mechanism of "scale of higher education-urbanization-regional economic growth" through research.According to the principle of the mechanism,it is suggested to appropriately expand the scale of higher education,accelerate the training of high-level innovative talents,accelerate the construction of new urbanization according to local conditions,promote the upgrading of urban industrial structures,build a modern industrial system,and promote the rapid and healthy development of regional economies.