Inter-Regional Industrial Transfer, Spatial Correlation and Skill Structure of Employment
CHEN Long1, WEI Cheng-yi2
1.School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China 2.Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Abstract:By constructing a theoretical model to explain the influence mechanism of inter-regional industrial transfer on skill structure of employment, building the spatial weight matrix from the perspective of inter-regional flows of capital and technology, using Provincial-level panel data (except Tibet) during 1997-2019 in China, this paper examines the effects of inter-regional industrial transfer and spatial correlation on skill structure of employment. The empirical analysis indicates that employment for high-skilled labor shows a significant negative spatial spillover effect nationwide. Inter-regional industrial transfer has positive effects on local employments for high-, medium- and low-skilled labor, and has a positive spillover effect on employment for low-skilled labor in neighboring regions. In terms of region, local employments for high-, medium- and low-skilled labor in both transfer-out and transfer-in regions show significant negative spatial spillover effect. Regional industrial transfer has positive effects on employments for high- and low-skilled labor in transfer-out region and on employments for medium-skilled labor in transfer-in region, but it shows no significant spatial spillover effect. After a further segmentation of the transfer region, it is found that the direct impact and spatial spillover effect of regional industrial transfer on the skill structure of employment in the central region are positive and significant; By contrast, the impact on the skill structure of employment in the western region needs to be further strengthened. To optimize both industrial structure and skill structure of employment, we should further expand the scale of inter-regional industrial transfer, strengthen top-level design and overall coordination, enhance workers’ ability in employment and job transfer, and increase investment in infrastructure and human capital accumulation.
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