Negative List System for Market Access and Human Capital Upgrading
High-level talents are vital for high-quality development.Improving the human capital structure of enterprises has become the focus of comprehensive reform in the new era.This paper empirically explores the impact of a system of negative lists for market access on the human capital structure of enterprises based on the data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen.The results show the following.(1)The negative list system effectively promotes the optimization and upgrading of enterprises'human capital structure.(2)The negative list system drives this upgrading by promoting competition in the product market.(3)The negative list system has caused enterprises to increase their employment of high-skilled labor and reduce their employment of low-skilled labor.At the same time,the list system's upgrading effect on enterprises'human capital structure is more significant in non-state-owned,labor-intensive,and low-marketization industries.(4)The upgrading of enterprises'human capital structure,in turn,significantly improves their operational performance and innovation output.This study verifies the positive role of reforming the system of market access in optimizing the allocation of talent,providing a theoretical basis and ideas for micro enterprises seeking to pursue high-quality development.
negative list system for market accesshuman capital structurelocal administrative monopoly barriersproduct market competition