突破“藩篱”:技能劳动力户籍限制与企业创新活力

Breaking through the"Barriers":Skilled Labor Hukou Restrictions and Firm Innovation Dynamics

本文聚焦于大城市具有技能偏向特征的户籍改革,研究表明:放松技能劳动力户籍限制显著增加了企业创新活动。机制检验表明,技能劳动力占比提高和企业人力资本投资增加是技能劳动力户籍限制放松影响企业创新活动的两个机制。此外,当资本密集度较高、公共服务质量较好时,技能劳动力户籍限制放松对企业创新活动的影响更明显。最后,本文还发现放松技能劳动力户籍限制通过增加创新活动促进了企业未来生产效率及收入的增长。

Focusing on skill-biased hukou system reform in large cities,we find that the relaxation of skilled labor hukou restrictions significantly increases firm innovation.Our findings show that the increase in the share of skilled labor and the increase in human capital investment are two different channels.Fur-thermore,we find that the relaxation of skilled labor hukou restrictions on innovation is stronger in sam-ples with higher capital intensity and higher quality of public service.Finally,we find that the relaxation of skilled labor hukou restrictions leads to greater future TFP growth and sales growth through its positive effect on innovation.