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Universities and the Formation of Edge Cities: Evidence from China's Government‐led University Town Construction

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  • Yuan Wang
  • Wei Tang

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This paper examines the localized effect of clusters of universities by exploiting a university town (UT) construction boom in China. We show that UT establishment has generated positive impact on local night‐time light density and population concentration. The UT effect is much localized, and completely decays within 10 km. We emphasize the role of knowledge spillover and find that UT establishment has increased local human capital level. The number of high skill labors as well as high‐tech firms has experienced higher growth in UT districts, as they benefited more from knowledge spillovers. Finally, we find that land prices in the UT have appreciated by 7%‐12% using a unique dataset of land parcel transactions. Este documento examina el efecto localizado de los conglomerados de universidades mediante la explotación del boom de la construcción de ciudades universitarias (CU) en China. Se demuestra que el establecimiento de CU ha generado un impacto positivo en la densidad luminosa nocturna local y en la concentración de la población. El efecto de las CU es muy localizado y decae completamente en un radio de 10 km. Se enfatiza el papel de los spillovers de conocimiento y se encontró que el establecimiento de las CU ha incrementado el nivel de capital humano local. El número de mano de obra altamente cualificada y de empresas de alta tecnología ha experimentado un mayor crecimiento en los distritos de CU, ya que se han beneficiado más de los spillovers de conocimiento. Finalmente, mediante el uso de un conjunto de datos único de transacciones de parcelas de tierra, se encontró que los precios de la tierra en las CU han aumentado en un 7%‐12%. 本稿では、中国の大学都市建設ブームを利用して、大学クラスタの局所的効果を検討する。ここでは、大学都市の存在が、地域の夜間光の密度および人口密度にプラスの影響を与えていることを示す。大学都市の効果はかなり局所的であり、10km以内で完全に減衰する。我々は、知識スピルオーバーの役割を強調し、大学都市が地域の人的資本レベルを引き上げていると考える。知識スピルオーバーの恩恵を大きく享受していることから、高度技術労働者の数とハイテク企業の数は、大学都市の地域では増加率がより大きい。最後に、土地区画取引のユニークなデータセットを用いた分析から、大学都市の土地価格が7%~12%上昇したことがわかった。

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  • Yuan Wang & Wei Tang, 2020. "Universities and the Formation of Edge Cities: Evidence from China's Government‐led University Town Construction," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(1), pages 245-265, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:99:y:2020:i:1:p:245-265
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12480
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    1. Chu, Shuai & Wu, Mengfei, 2021. "Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? Evidence from China," GLO Discussion Paper Series 963, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    2. Mingyan Ni & Yindi Zhao & Caihong Ma & Wenzhi Jiang & Yanmei Xie & Xiaolin Hou, 2023. "Spatial Identification and Change Analysis of Production-Living-Ecological Space Using Multi-Source Geospatial Data: A Case Study in Jiaodong Peninsula, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-27, September.
    3. Weihui Mei & Lorraine Pe Symaco, 2021. "Higher Education for Development: The Role of University Towns in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, September.

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