Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228457 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 748
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper studies whether research universities can boost regional economic development through an exogenous shock of a forced relocation of a research university in China. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared with a set of control regions that are created using the synthetic control method and find that research universities can have negative effects on local economic development. We then perform a series of robustness checks. Our main results carry through. By employing a more exogenous shock and more reliable identification strategies, our study provides evidence that research universities do not necessarily promote regional economic development.
Subjects: 
Research Universities
Regional Economic Development
Synthetic Control Method
JEL: 
O15
O18
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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