Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2023, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 104-115.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.10.009

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Does High-quality Higher Education Better Enable Top Managers to Promote Corporate Participation in Public Good: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

Xiaolan Zhou, Kailin Wu   

  1. Education Economics Laboratory of East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Online:2023-10-01 Published:2023-09-27

Abstract:

To achieve common prosperity for all the people is the strategic goal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and higher education is one of the important drivers towards the goal of common prosperity.The sense of social responsibility cultivated in higher education and the public benefits promote the sharing of achievements and economic growth, and is reflected in the promotion of enterprises’ participation in public good by top managers. We use the data of listed companies in China from 2012 to 2020 to investigate the impact of top managers’ high quality university educational backgrounds and their native places on Chinese enterprises’ participation in public good. Our results show that higher education plays an important role in the promotion of public good. From the perspective of behavior and intensity, high-quality higher education highlights a unique role in the depth and intensity of corporate philanthropy.There are regional heterogeneity among top managers in promoting enterprises’ participation in public good. Top managers who were born in the midwest are more likely to promote enterprises’ participation in public good. Our results have the following policy implications. The government should encourage top managers to actively assume social responsibilities with preferential policies, improve the quality of higher education to promote the in-depth development of public good, expand the opportunities of quality higher education in central and western regions, give full play to public benefits and better achieve the goal of common prosperity.

Key words: higher education, top manager, common prosperity, public good