历史政治经济学系列讲座第6讲

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题目：When Skilled Workforce Comes to Town: Evidence from City-level Talent Policies in China

时间：2024年12月12日（周四）13:30 —— 15:30

地点：浙江大学紫金港西区成均苑8幢1127

概要：Many countries and regions have adopted talent policies aimed at attracting a skilled workforce—the key resource to technology and innovation-based economy. One prominent example is China, as it has successfully integrated traditional industrial policies with new talent policies by providing subsidies, tax breaks, housing, and other incentives to firms' talent hires in specific industries. This study builds a comprehensive dataset of talent policies implemented by prefectural governments in China, detailed job postings, proprietary migrant surveys, and patent data spanning from 2015 to 2020, aiming to quantitatively assess the impact of these policies on the local labor market, migration patterns, and firms' innovation.  

 First, using a triple difference estimation for city-industry-year level data, we observe a substantial increase of 22.9% in job opportunities and a 19% rise in new firm entry within the targeted city-industries. In contrast, job posts from the untargeted industries in the targeted cities experienced a significant decrease of 4.2%, suggesting potential negative spillover effects. Further textual analysis based on structural topic model reveals significant changes in the composition of skill requirements. Specifically, there is a notable increase in topics related to data analytics, digital economy, computer science, design, and automation. On the other hand, topics associated with conventional skills such as teamwork, human resource management, sales, and communication skills show a decrease. Finally, evidence from repeated cross-sectional migration surveys conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics shows a 4.9% increase in migrants with college degrees and above who have relocated to the targeted city-industries. This finding further supports the effectiveness of the talent policies in attracting skilled individuals to these areas. 

主讲人：陈婷，香港浸会大学会计经济暨金融系（AEF）副教授

数字经济与商业数据分析中心副主任。曾在普林斯顿大学从事博士后研究，2015年获得香港科技大学社会科学博士学位，2011年获得香港科技大学社会科学研究硕士学位，2008年获得中山大学社会学学士学位。目前的主要研究领域包括政治经济学、经济史及长期经济发展等。最近的作品发表在Quarterly Journal of Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Politics, Journal of Econometrics和Journal of Development Economics、《经济研究》、《经济学季刊》等国内外顶级学术期刊。

评议人：刘正铖，浙江大学经济学院“新百人计划”研究员

香港大学经济学博士，研究方向为发展经济学、政治经济学、公共经济学、经济史。其作品发表于Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Economic History、Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization等国际知名期刊。

评议人：李林倬，浙江大学社会学系“新百人计划”研究员

芝加哥大学社会学博士，研究领域为知识社会学、计算社会科学、经济社会学。研究方向为知识系统和经济系统中的创新、颠覆、不确定性和层级相关的议题。研究发表在Poetics, Plos One, npj Urban Sustainability, 和社会学研究等中英文期刊上。

主持人：张晓鸣，浙江大学社会学系新百人计划研究员

香港大学经济与工商管理学院博士，现任浙江大学社会学系“新百人计划”研究员。研究领域包括历史政治经济学、组织理论等。文章发表于American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Chinese Governance; 学术月刊等期刊。