Resource Allocation in Higher Education under Merit-Based Support and Technological Innovation in Universities
Based on the micro-data of colleges and universities,we evaluate the impact of China's merit-based support strategy in higher education on technological innovation in these institutions using a difference-in-differences approach.The findings reveal that merit-based support strategy fosters an enhancement in both quantity and quality of patents at key universities,thereby augmenting originality and universality in technological innovation.The reallocation of educational resources plays a crucial role as a mechanism to support and promote technological innovation at these key universities by improving research conditions and enhancing researcher efficiency.Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the influence of preferential support strategy is relatively weak among universities with similar local technical structures;however,financial funding for R&D can strengthen its impact on the proportion of invention patents at key universities.We provide empirical evidence and policy implications regarding how China's priority development policy in higher education reallocates educational resources and influences technological innovation in universities.
merit-based supportresource allocation in higher educationinnovation in universities