Examine the Correlation Between the Number of Higher Education Institutions And the Provincial GDP In China
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https://doi.org/10.61173/stqzbs10Keywords:
Higher education institutions, economic inequality, China, Gini coefficient, social mobilityAbstract
Economic inequality is a challenging affair influenced by various factors. Education has long been the topic usually raised when discussing economic inequality. This research investigates how secondary education impacts social status, mobility, and, most importantly, economic inequality nationally. This research has developed a unique methodology to investigate the relationship between the number of schools and economic inequality in China. By applying the indicator of the Gini coefficient, the distribution inequality of the number of schools in thirty-one provinces in China. This research combined studies by Liu. Y, Xu.M, and Gustafsson apply those theories to a more local context in different provinces. The results show that the number of higher education institutions positively correlates with the GDP per capita in each province, with some expectations caused by the flaw of the methodology.
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