The Impact of Human Capital Accumulation and Technological Innovation on the Improvement of Regional New Quality Productivity
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Keywords
new quality productivity, human capital, technological innovation, high-quality development
Abstract
Against the backdrop of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, new-quality productivity, as advanced productivity driven by innovation and low-carbon greening, is highly important for promoting high-quality economic development. This article theoretically summarizes the impact logic of human capital accumulation and technological innovation on new quality productivity and uses a double difference model to empirically analyse the impact of human capital accumulation on regional new quality productivity by using urban talent introduction policies as quasi natural experimental identification variables. Research has revealed that (1) the implementation of talent introduction policies has a significant positive effect on new-quality productivity, verifying the importance of human capital accumulation for high-quality economic development. (2) Human capital enhances the level of regional new-quality productivity by influencing technological innovation. (3) Heterogeneity test results reveal that groups with high fiscal self-sufficiency rates, high talent scales, and developed cities have a stronger promoting effect on human capital accumulation, and the more complete the supporting measures of urban talent introduction policies are, the more significant their promoting effect. (4) Considering the factors of policy synergy, the accumulation of human capital and technological innovation have jointly promoted the improvement of regional new-quality productivity. Finally, corresponding policy recommendations were proposed for improving talent introduction policies, promoting regional technological innovation and development, and enhancing policy evaluation and dynamic adjustment mechanisms.
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