辅助人员对科研生产力的影响——以中国科学院为例

The Effects of Administrative Support on Faculty Research Productivity:An Analysis of Chinese Academy of Sciences

在创建国家创新体系的进程中,提高科研机构和高校的科研生产力是最为关键的环节。目前,国内外关于科研生产力影响因素的研究大多集中于科研人员自身特点,鲜少有研究关注辅助人员(指行政管理干部和工人,下同)的配置对科研生产力的影响。本文利用《中国科学院统计年鉴》的动态面板数据,运用系统GMM估计方法,验证辅助人员对科研生产力的影响。研究发现:辅助人员对科研产出(国际和国内发表论文数)的影响呈现倒"U"型即边际效益递减;在一定范围内,控制专业技术人员数量,增加辅助人员数量,对科研生产力有正向促进作用。

In order to build the national innovation system,research institutions and universities need to improve their research productivity.Existing research focus on the characteristics of the researchers themselves,and few studies examine the effects of support staff.We use data from the statistical yearbook of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to examine the effects of support staff(administrative cadres and workers)on scientific research productivity through the method of dynamic panel system GMM.Our study finds that the effects of support staff on scientific research output(international and domestic publications)have an inverted u-shape.Compared with the research findings,the number of support staff employed by CAS is still insufficient.More attention should be given to the appropriate number of ratio of support staff to research staff in the future.