The Force Driving Innovation Growth: A Study of Market and Fiscal Mechanisms for the Formation of High-Level Scientific and Technological Human Capital (First-Class University Research Series)

杨希Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · ChinaMay 2018

Rating 3.6
Word count
115K words
Chapters
46
ISBN
9787313177124

Tags

Management Human CapitalInnovation DrivenMarket MechanismEducation PolicySocial ObservationTech TalentFiscal PolicyAcademic StudyEmpirical ResearchEconomics Primer

Summary

Grounded in development economics and human capital investment theory, this book develops a theoretical framework in which market and government mechanisms jointly shape the formation of scientific and technological human capital. Through empirical research on science and engineering graduate students in China, it reveals how market failure and government failure affect the scale and quality of high-level scientific and technological human capital. The book analyzes the development of scientific and technological human capital from an interdisciplinary perspective and is the first to use individual-level data for empirical research on the early stage of such human capital development. Its main readers include researchers in higher education and science and technology policy and relevant policymakers. Through theoretical and empirical research, the book argues that market mechanisms and government policies must be coordinated to promote the formation of scientific and technological human capital. To improve the efficiency of financial support, more resources should be directed to the education of scientific and technological talent, and cost-sharing policies may be appropriately adopted. However, given market deficiencies, cost-sharing policies should be implemented prudently in basic disciplines and disciplines related to emerging strategic industries. In terms of funding methods, a mixed funding approach combining scholarships and research assistantships can more effectively promote the integration of education and research and improve the quality of scientific and technological talent cultivation.

Editor's review

This is a typical monograph on education and science and technology policy research. Its core contribution lies in building an analytical framework in which market mechanisms and government mechanisms jointly shape the formation of high-level scientific and technological human capital, and in testing it empirically with individual-level data on science and engineering graduate students in China, showing that market failure and government failure simultaneously affect the scale and quality of scientific and technological talent. The most substantial part of the book is its discussion of financial support methods: it proposes that a mixed funding approach combining scholarships and research assistantships better promotes the integration of education and research, while cautioning that cost-sharing policies should be implemented prudently in basic disciplines and disciplines related to emerging strategic industries. These conclusions have direct reference value for understanding the investment mechanisms of graduate education. When reading, it is advisable to first grasp the theoretical framework, then examine the data and variable design in the empirical section, and finally consider the applicability boundaries of the conclusions in light of the policy recommendations chapter. Because it involves multiple disciplinary perspectives such as development economics and human capital investment theory, non-specialist readers will need some patience, but for practitioners in higher education research and science and technology policy, this is a reference book with a clear problem orientation and a complete argumentative path.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the introduction and theoretical framework chapters first to clarify the analytical logic of market and government mechanisms, then move on to the empirical section.
  2. When reading the empirical chapters, pay attention to data sources, variable settings, and sample scope to judge the applicable conditions of the conclusions.
  3. Use the policy recommendations chapter for further reflection, testing its feasibility against institutions or regions you are familiar with.

About the publisher

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press China · Founded in 1983

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press is an academic publisher that gives equal weight to science and technology and the humanities, with titles spanning biography, documentary literature, popular science, cultural studies, artificial intelligence, and social culture. Representative books in the collection range from spaceflight memoirs such as Carrying Fire to the Moon: My Lunar Journey to historical investigations like Evidence: Uncovering 172 Comfort Stations in Shanghai, as well as academic works including Qian Xuesen's Lectures on Physical Mechanics: Collector's Edition, Tang Dynasty Extraterritorial Astronomy, and Eyewitness to the Tokyo Trial. Authors represented include Michael Collins, Qian Xuesen, Su Zhiliang, Wang Meng, and Pai Hsien-yung. The press emphasizes a combination of scientific spirit and humanistic concern, balancing scholarly editions with general reading. Public information is limited, so this profile focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the books held in the collection.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 内容提要
  3. 总序
  4. 前言
  5. 第一章 绪论
  6. 第一节 科技人力资本与经济发展理论
  7. 第二节 创新发展与我国高层次科技人才状况
  8. 第三节 研究问题
  9. 第四节 研究意义
  10. 第二章 科技人力资本形成的市场与财政机制
  11. 第一节 内生经济增长理论中的科技人力资本
  12. 第二节 科技人力资本投资当中的市场失灵
  13. 第三节 科技人力资本投资当中的政府失灵
  14. 第四节 本章小结
  15. 第三章 高层次科技人力资本形成的教育理论
  16. 第一节 科技人力资本投资：大学入学选择研究
  17. 第二节 科技人力资本发展：大学学业发展研究
  18. 第三节 高等教育财政理论
  19. 第四节 本章小结
  20. 第四章 高层次科技人力资本投资的影响因素分析
  21. 第一节 高层次科技人力资本投资的分析框架
  22. 第二节 理工科博士升学意愿的分析方法
  23. 第三节 个人特征与家庭社会经济背景对理工科博士升学意愿的影响
  24. 第四节 市场因素对理工科博士升学意愿的影响
  25. 第五节 财政资助对理工科博士升学意愿的影响
  26. 第六节 财政资助对理工教育市场失灵的矫正
  27. 第七节 本章小结
  28. 第五章 高层次科技人力资本发展的影响因素
  29. 第一节 高层次科技人力资本发展的理论与分析框架
  30. 第二节 理工科研究生学业发展的分析方法
  31. 第三节 理工科研究生学业参与的影响因素
  32. 第四节 理工科研究生学业成就的影响因素
  33. 第五节 本章小结
  34. 第六章 高层次科技人才教育财政充足性研究
  35. 第一节 教育财政充足性的理论基础
  36. 第二节 我国理工科研究生财政资助特点
  37. 第三节 美国理工科研究生财政资助特点
  38. 第四节 科研资助体系与理工科研究生资助：中美比较
  39. 第五节 本章小结
  40. 第七章 高层次科技人力资本形成的理论与政策启示
  41. 第一节 研究结论
  42. 第二节 理论回应与政策启示
  43. 第三节 研究局限与展望
  44. 主要参考文献
  45. 索引
  46. 后记

FAQ

Is this book suitable for readers without an academic background? This book is a research monograph and includes a theoretical framework and empirical analysis of individual-level data, requiring some foundation in economics and statistics. General readers who care only about the conclusions can focus on the introduction and policy recommendations; the empirical chapters in between will be difficult to understand.
What do "market failure" and "government failure" mentioned in the book mean? They refer to problems of insufficient resource allocation or efficiency loss that may arise in the formation of scientific and technological human capital when relying solely on market mechanisms or solely on government investment. On this basis, the author advocates coordination between market mechanisms and government policies and prudent design of funding and cost-sharing methods according to the characteristics of different disciplines.
What kind of data does the empirical research in the book use? According to the materials, the author uses individual-level data for empirical research on the early stage of scientific and technological human capital development among science and engineering graduate students in China, which is the distinguishing feature of the book's first use of data at this level. Specific samples and variable designs should be consulted in the relevant chapters of the book.

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About the author

杨希 Author

Yang Xi is an author with two works held in the collection, whose research spans the fields of literature and management. In literature, the representative work is Studies in Nineteenth-Century Western Literary Trends (Volume Six): Decadentism, which falls under literary appreciation and reflects a close attention to Western literary trends and the topic of decadentism. In management, the author has published The Force Driving Innovation-Led Growth: A Study of Market and Fiscal Mechanisms in the Formation of High-Level Scientific and Technological Human Capital, included in the "First-Class University Studies Library," which focuses on the market and fiscal mechanisms involved in forming high-level scientific and technological human capital. The two works differ considerably in subject matter, addressing literary research and science and technology human capital policy respectively. Because public information is limited, details such as Yang Xi's nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and positions cannot be confirmed; at present, the author's writing directions and subject distribution can only be understood through the works in the collection.