Heterogeneous effects of inter- and intra-city transportation infrastructure on economic growth: Evidence from Chinese cities

Yang, Chen; Salike, Nimesh; Luan, Fushu; He, Min

doi:10.1093/cjres/rsw019

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“…However, transportation infrastructure in the western regions has a significant negative impact on educational inequality, but the influence of transportation network is not significant in the eastern regions and the central regions. It is worth noting that the development of transportation infrastructure has brought more educational opportunities to economically backward regions, and improved the unbalanced distribution of educational resources, which supports the results of Chen et al (2016) [39]. In addition, there was no significant non-linear relationship between ICT and educational inequality in three major regions, and the effects of ICT were similar to the results of overall sample.…”

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“…It is worth noting that the development of transportation infrastructure can provide more educational opportunities for the labor force, thus alleviating educational inequality, and this is similar to the results of job accessibility in Schaffer and Siegele (2009) [30]. Compared to the impact of information technology, transportation infrastructure could shorten the distance between regions, and provide better transportation services for labor migration [39]. Unlike previous research on transportation infrastructure, the nonlinear relationship between transportation infrastructure and educational inequality was tested in this paper.…”

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“…In previous studies on ICT, the affordability of information technology has been shown to change the role of ICT in the educational field [18,24]. However, transportation infrastructure as an important factor in promoting the economic development can bring more opportunities for the labor force [39,46,47]. Based on the results of the overall samples, the findings provide insight into the impact of ICT on educational inequality, which may be affected by the affordability of information services.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Teulings et al (2018) found that transportation infrastructure could improve employee welfare, but this relationship was limited by their educational attainment [38]. Given the role of transport infrastructure in the utilization efficiency of educational resources, economic development and population policy might restrict the role of transportation network in different regions [39]. Liu (2005) analyzed the impact of educational inequality on the urban-rural gap in China, suggesting that the unbalanced distribution of educational resources could directly strengthen the gap between urban and rural areas, while the hukou system would enhance this relationship [40].…”

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Educational inequality is an important factor in the development of human capital, and limits the output of regional economic activities. The unequal distribution of educational resources has become a hot topic noticed by the public, and has restricted sustainable economic growth. This paper provides a better understanding of educational inequality, and explores the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) and transportation infrastructure on the distribution of educational resources. The panel data models are constructed to discuss the relationship among ICT, transportation infrastructure, and educational inequality, using the data of 31 provinces in China from 2006 to 2016. The empirical results show that there is a positive relationship between ICT and educational inequality, while transportation infrastructure can restrain the unequal distribution of educational resources. Moreover, there is a significant inverted U-shaped relationship between transportation infrastructure and educational inequality. Since China’s education reform in 2010, the relationship among ICT, transportation infrastructure, and educational inequality has been significantly changed, as well as the influence mechanism of ICT. In addition, transportation infrastructure in China western regions can effectively alleviate the problem of educational inequality, and its impact will increase with the growth of transportation investments. It is necessary to consider the rational allocation of educational resources, and this is essential to relieve the problem of educational inequality. Therefore, our results demonstrate the key roles of information technology and transportation network in the field of education, and provide some new ideas for the solution of educational inequality.

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“…The coefficient from the table of the Public transport expenditure of metro i in period t This is used as a proxy for investment in transport infrastructure. This was also used in Chen et al (2016). Majority of the public transport expenditure is on infrastructure (see National Treasury 2018).…”

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An analysis of the impact of investment in public transport on economic growth of metropolitan cities in South Africa

Hanyurwumutima

Gumede

2021

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management

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Background: Over the years, the South African government has emphasised improving the metros’ socioeconomic infrastructures because these form an essential catalyst that can boost grassroots development. Despite the considerable increase in investments in transport infrastructure in the metros, the contributions of the metros where all these transport investments are concentrated appear to be making little use of it to promote their grassroots development.Objectives: The study investigated the impact of public transportation on the output growth of South Africa.Method: One-way error component panel analysis is adopted to analyse disaggregated data from eight major metros in the country from 2003 to 2017. Data were mainly sourced on public transport expenditure, total social infrastructure expenditure, total capital formation, labour expenditure and output growth rate from each of the metros.Results: The results were a clear departure from what was obtained by previous studies on transport expenditure and the growth of South Africa. Six of the metros which are the big ones in terms of the population showed a result, which indicated that public transport expenditure did not influence their output significantly; but when combined with other social infrastructure, it exhibited significant impact. However, the results of the remaining two small metros showed that public transport expenditure and its combination with other social infrastructure all had a significant impact on their output growth.Conclusion: This confirms transport infrastructure investment conforms to the theory of the diminishing marginal product of capital. The six big metros should invest more in social infrastructure, which would complement the contemporary transport infrastructure investment. On the other hand, there is still a need to increase public transport infrastructure investments on the smaller metros.

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Regional Economic Growth and the Heterogeneity Effect of Rail Network Connectivity in West Java Province

Pradono,

Furqan

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This paper aims at determining the heterogeneity effect of rail network connectivity influence on regional economic growth in West Java Province employing a multiple linear regression analysis approach to panel data covering 27 districts/cities in 2010-2018. There are several variables that are used as input variables for analysis such as GRDP per capita (PDRBPKit) as the dependent variable, connectivity (Konektivitasit) as the independent variable, and economic variables (Public Government Investment per capita (invpit); Private Investment per capita (invsit); Human Capital (ipmit); Agricultural Contribution (agricultureit); Industry Contribution (industriit); Service Contribution (jasait); and Population (populationit) as control variables. Some control variables show significant results in the heterogeneity effect. The results obtained show that the interaction of rail network connectivity with government investment and the contribution of the service sector is negative, the contribution of the industrial sector and population is positive.

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Heterogeneous effects of inter- and intra-city transportation infrastructure on economic growth: Evidence from Chinese cities

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Does the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Transportation Infrastructure Affect China’s Educational Inequality?

Does the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Transportation Infrastructure Affect China’s Educational Inequality?

An analysis of the impact of investment in public transport on economic growth of metropolitan cities in South Africa

Regional Economic Growth and the Heterogeneity Effect of Rail Network Connectivity in West Java Province

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