Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (7): 53-65.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2024.07.005

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New Campuses and Debt Burden of Tertiary Technical and Vocational Colleges: An Empirical Analysis Based on Double High Institutions

Sihui Du, Wenjie Zhang, Wei Ha   

  1. Institute of Economics of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Accepted:2023-12-07 Online:2024-07-01 Published:2024-06-06

Abstract:

Based on the education expenditure data from 2009 to 2016, this study used a two-way fixed effects model and the bootstrapping mediation test to quantify the actual impact of new campuses on the debt scale and structure of higher vocational colleges, and whether they generally rolled over debts due to new campuses. The study found: firstly, compared with their counterparts, the debt burden of Double High vocational institutions with new campus increased significantly, mainly driven by expenditure from infrastructure construction and equipment acquisition. Secondly, as time went by, the debt burden of Double High vocational institutions with new campus shrank significantly with the exception of debt payment for equipment acquisition. Thirdly, there was no obvious tendency for colleges with new campuses to roll over their debts.

Key words: vocational colleges, Double High, new campuses, debt, debt rollover