Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2023, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 40-52.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.10.004

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An Empirical Study on the Role of Education in Promoting Urbanization

Boshen Wan1, Weifang Min2,3   

  1. 1. Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    2. Institute of Economics of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    3. Educational Economics Laboratory, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Accepted:2023-04-28 Online:2023-10-01 Published:2023-09-27

Abstract:

Urbanization is not only a way that a country must go through for modernization, but also an important driving force for economic growth and common prosperity. It could promote new rural construction and develop modern agriculture, thus raising farmers’ income and allowing them to enter the secondary and tertiary sector of the economy with higher productivity through better education. Based on the provincial-level panel data of China from 2005 to 2020, by using a two-way fixed effects model, this study finds that: first, education investment could accelerate urbanization; second, economic growth and technological advances could also promote urbanization process; finally, regional development could moderate the educational effect on urbanization.

Key words: education, urbanization, two-way fixed effects model, panel threshold regression