不同经济基础省份间生均教育经费支出差异的实证分析
Annual Government Expenditure on Higher Education per Student: An Empirical Study based on Cross-Province Panel Data
Abstract
高等教育财政的关注点从投入总量转移到生均标准是提高高等教育质量的必然要求。1999年到2008年间的各省相关数据显示,多数省份的高等教育生均支出水平下降,凸显高等教育财政对学生规模扩张的准备不足;受地区经济发展水平不均的影响,省际高等教育生均支出水平的差距较大,且投入压力与支出水平间呈现反向关系;不同经济基础省份生均支出影响因素有明显差异,经济较发达省份生均支出水平与社会产业结构关系较为紧密,而较落后省份受教育规模扩张影响较大。为此,教育管理部门应在考虑到政府财政能力、社会经济发展水平、产业结构等因素的前提下,衡量本省高等教育的合理结构和规模,制订和维护高等教育生均教育经费标准。 This study compared annual expenditure per student on regular higher education institutions among provinces.Panel data of 31 provinces from 1999 to 2008 are utilized.It is found that cross-province disparity of annual expenditure per student has been an effect of higher education expansion mixed with uneven economic development among districts.Specifical ly,annual per capita expenditures in provinces with lower level of economy are sensitive to higher education expansion,while that in provinces with higher level of economy are subject to regional industrial structure.Therefore it is suggested that more detailed higher education funding policies be based on social and economic reality of different provinces.