高等教育、区域创新能力与数字经济发展

Higher education,regional innovation ability,and digital economy development

在加快建设数字中国的时代背景下,对高等教育与数字经济之间的关系进行探索有助于优化高等教育的定位和资源配置,并赋能经济社会高质量发展。本研究基于2011—2020年我国各省份的面板数据,实证探究高等教育对区域数字经济发展的影响效应、作用机制和异质性特征。研究发现,高等教育是区域数字经济发展的重要推动力量,其正向影响效应在使用工具变量缓解内生性问题后仍然稳健;区域创新能力是高等教育驱动数字经济增长的有效机制;高等教育对数字经济的贡献具有明显的时序动态性和区域异质性。基于研究结果,未来我国应彰显数字经济发展中的高校力量,通过探索数字创新人才培养体系、实施差异化产学研融合策略以及优化高等教育资源配置等举措,加快构建高等教育与数字经济协同发展的新格局。

In the context of accelerating the construction of the digital China,the exploration of the relationship between higher education and digital economy can help optimize the positioning and resource allocation of higher education and empower high-quality economic and social development.Based on panel data from provincial-level regions in China from 2011 to 2020,this study empirically investigates the impact,mechanism,and heterogeneity of higher education on the development of regional digital economy.The study finds that higher education is an important pillar supporting the development of regional digital economy,and its positive impact remains robust even after using instrumental variables to address endogeneity issues.Secondly,regional innovation capability is an effective mechanism for higher education to drive the growth of the digital economy.Finally,the contribution of higher education to the digital economy exhibits clear temporal dynamics and regional heterogeneity.Based on these findings,it is recommended to emphasize the role of universities in the development of the digital economy in the future.This can be achieved through exploring a system for cultivating talents in digital innovation,implementing a differentiated strategy for the combination of production-learning-research,and optimizing the pattern of higher education resource allocation.These measures aim to expedite the establishment of a new pattern of collaborative development between higher education and the digital economy.