人才配置、科学研究与中国经济增长

Talent Allocation, Scientific Research and China’s Economic Growth

本文构建了一个内生经济增长模型,研究公共部门和私有科研部门之间的人才配置如何影响中国的科研创新和经济增长。一方面,配置到公共部门的人才(公务员)为科研部门提供公共服务,促进经济增长。另一方面,公务员人数的增多会减少投入技术创新的人才数量,不利于科学研究和经济增长。因此,公务员人数与中国经济增长呈倒U形关系。为了追求效用最大化,政府可能会实施无效的公共部门扩张制度,从而妨碍中国跳出中等收入陷阱。

We build an endogenous economic growth model to study how talent allocation between public sector and science sector impacts scientific research and economic growth in China.Talent in public sector(civil servants)provides public service to science sector to stimulate economic growth.But with the increase of civil servants,talent devoted to innovation in science sector decreases,hence economic growth is stifled.Accordingly,the relationship between the number of civil servants and economic growth in China is an inverted-U shape.And government is likely to implement inefficient policy of expanding public sector,which hinders China from jumping out of middle-income trap.