Sun Hua-Ping, Sun Wei-Feng, Geng Yong, Kong Yu-Sheng
1Institute of Industrial Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China.
2School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 China.
Pet Sci. 2018;15(3):657-665. doi: 10.1007/s12182-018-0235-0. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
This paper examines the relationships between natural resource dependence, public education investment, and human capital accumulation. It addresses why the "blessing" of abundant natural resources often turns into a "curse" in many countries and regions, focusing on the crowding-out effect of natural resources on human capital. According to our empirical analysis of provincial panel data from China, natural resource dependence is significantly and negatively correlated with human capital accumulation. The crowding-out effect of natural resources on human capital exists only in the central and western regions of China. Our introduction of an interaction term for natural resource dependence and public education investment underscores the possibility of investing in public education to reduce the crowding-out effect of natural resource dependence on human capital. The government should utilize the income of the natural resource sector to increase investment in education to enhance local human capital.
本文考察了自然资源依赖、公共教育投资与人力资本积累之间的关系。探讨了为何丰富自然资源的“福音”在许多国家和地区常常变成“诅咒”，重点关注自然资源对人力资本的挤出效应。根据我们对中国省级面板数据的实证分析，自然资源依赖与人力资本积累显著负相关。自然资源对人力资本的挤出效应仅存在于中国中西部地区。我们引入自然资源依赖与公共教育投资的交互项，凸显了通过投资公共教育来降低自然资源依赖对人力资本挤出效应的可能性。政府应利用自然资源部门的收入增加教育投资，以提升当地人力资本。
