Education Dividends’ Strategies Based on Urban Competitiveness Demand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmsd.202412309

Author(s)

Jian Qi, Shixue Fan*

Affiliation(s)

Wuhan Institute of Technology, WuHan, HuBei, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

In response to the increasingly disappearing issue of population dividend, this paper proposes the concept of education dividend, which means improving the quality of the population through educational mode, thereby promoting urban competition. This article quantitatively analyzes the education data from seven sample cities in 2020 based on the Grey Relation Analysis (GRA). The research has found that: (1) There is a correlation between educational indicators and urban competitiveness. Among many educational indicators, an indicator of educational years has the strongest correlation with urban competitiveness. (2) In the seven sample cities, the correlation between various educational indicators and urban competitiveness doesn’t change with the degree of urban development. (3) For more developed cities, the impact of higher education indicators on urban competitiveness is generally larger than the impact of basic education on urban competitiveness or secondary education on urban competitiveness. The paper demonstrates that urban competitiveness can be enhanced through educational dividends, and it provides a reference paradigm for other cities.

Keywords

Educational Dividend; Urban Competitiveness; Sample Cities; GRA; Correlation

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