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Publication Date: 2025-Apr
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The Impact of Professional Degree Graduate Expansion on Regional Innovative Human Capital
Xiulin Gu1; Tao Zhang2; Hao Yao3; Jianxing Lu4; Bin Wang5; Ya Gu6
SAGE Open, v15 n2 2025
Based on the panel data of 31 Chinese provinces and cities from 2010 to 2019, the study examines the impact of professional degree graduate students on regional innovation human capital and investigated the threshold effect of human capital spatial agglomeration through panel fixed-effects model, GMM dynamic panel model, quantile regression and threshold regression model. It was found that (1) Since 2010, the expansion of graduate education in mainland China has been primarily in professional degree programs, with the proportion of professional degree graduate students increasing from 24% to 58%. (2) The expansion of professional degree graduate programs contributes to the accumulation of innovative human capital in the region, with increasing marginal benefits. (3) The agglomeration effect of human capital is significant; the impact of the expansion of professional degree graduate programs on regional innovative human capital increases with urban population density.
Descriptors: Human Capital, Professional Education, Geographic Regions, Urban Areas, Innovation, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Masters Programs
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Soochow University, Suzhou, China; 2Nantong University, Nantong, China; 3Tongji University, Shanghai, China; 4Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; 5Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, China; 6Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China