An Analysis of the Correlation Between the Scale of Higher Education and Economic Growth in Fujian

Jian-Ping HUANG, Xiao-Fang QIU, Jie ZHU, Li-Hua HUANG, Feng LIN, Hang-Zhou ZHONG

Abstract


Education and economy are the two main themes of social development. This article makes a statistical analysis of the two indicators of the number of college students and the actual GDP in Fujian Province in 1978-2013.Next, we analyze the time series relationship between higher education and economic growth in Fujian province. The results show that there is a strong correlation between the two. Under the certain conditions, there is a one-way causal relationship between the two.

Keywords


Higher education, Economic development, Relevance, Cointegration test


DOI
10.12783/dtssehs/mess2017/12119