研究生“买椟还珠”现象的经济学分析

A Study of "Buying the Casket without the Jewels" in Postgraduate Education from the Economic Perspective

"买椟还珠"现象几乎成了当前我国研究生教育中常见的现象。它不仅是我国学术、科研殿堂里的一个污点,也是制约我国学术、科研发展的羁绊。从经济学角度看,"买椟还珠"现象是追求自身效用最大化的多个主体之间进行彼此博弈的结果;就业市场的"文凭效应"、扩招带来的"低门槛效应"以及低淘汰率造成的"绿灯效应"是导致这种现象发生的内生变量。依据经济人假设,实现学术价值回归、改革招聘和选才标准、严把入口和出口关是提高研究生教育质量、规避买椟还珠现象的有效途径。

The strange phenomenon of ＂buying the casket without the jewels＂, which means the lack of judgment and inadequate decision making in postgraduate education, is common in our country. It is not only a blemish in academic and scientific research field in China, but also a block to the development of learning and scientific research. From the economic prospect, the phenomenon of ＂buying the casket without the jewels＂ is caused by people~ pursuit of maximal benefits. The important causes of the phenomenon are the ＂diploma effect＂ in the job market, ＂low threshold effect＂ brought by enrollment expansion and the ＂greenlight effect＂ caused by low drop-out rate. The effective ways to avoid the strange phenomenon and improve the quality of postgraduate education are restoring academic value, reforming recruitment and selection criteria and paying attention to the permit which allows the students to enroll and graduate according to the economist hypothesis.